SF News New Law Means Tougher Background Checks On California Ride-Hail Drivers A new law set to take effect January 1 means ride-hail companies like Uber and Lyft will soon know much more about their drivers' past deeds — and allows for serious fines should employers
SF News Uber Staff Allegedly Enabled Stalking And Accessed Beyonce's Trip Data Fresh on the heels of an update allowing Uber to track users' location data for up to five minutes after they've been dropped off, the ride-hail giant now faces allegations that some of
SF News Uber Drivers To Join Nationwide Living-Wage Strike Tuesday San Francisco Uber drivers are gearing up for a strike tomorrow as part of a nationwide labor-protest seeking a livable wage. Reuters reports that the action is being organized by Fight For $15,
SF News Bankrupt Yellow Cab Is Now For Sale That beleaguered staple of San Francisco, Yellow Cab Cooperative, is for sale. The Examiner reports that the almost 40-year-old taxi company just couldn't overcome the one-two punch of a series of lawsuits stemming
SF News Uber Assures Worried Customers It Will Not 'Publicly Display' Your Ride History An Uber ride to a Planned Parenthood clinic. A weekly ride to an address that hosts AA meetings. Early morning pickups at your coworker's address. Ride-hail company Uber knows intimate information about its
SF News Sen. Al Franken Takes Uber And Lyft To Task Over Bias Report Following up on a National Bureau of Economic Research report released last month which found that Uber and Lyft drivers in Seattle and Boston discriminated against passengers with African American-sounding names, Senator Al
SF News Flywheel Taxi (Née DeSoto) Sues Uber For Predatory Pricing Uber is on the receiving end of another lawsuit this week, and this time it's not from the ride-hail company's "driver-partners". Rather, according to the Chronicle, in a lawsuit filed yesterday in federal
SF News Study: Uber Drivers Are More Likely To Cancel Your Ride If You're Black An Uber driver is twice as likely to cancel a ride if the passenger requesting it has a black-sounding name, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds. The study,
SF News General Motors Just Tried (And Failed) To Acquire Lyft Lyft investor General Motors is apparently not content with its 9 percent stake in the ride-hail company, as The Information reports that the car manufacturer just made an offer to buy Lyft outright.
