SF News Suspect Arrested in Murder of Sacramento Afghan Refugee Who Was Working for Uber When Fatally Shot 31-year-old Ahmad Fawad Yusufi was resting in his car while on a break driving for Uber when he was bothered by a man demanding his wallet and phone. Police later responded to a call of a gunshot victim — who was identified as Yusufi — on Potrero Avenue near Cesar Chavez Street.
Business & Tech San Francisco Attorney Intends to File 400 Separate Sexual Assault and Harassment Cases Against Uber A personal injury firm in San Francisco has filed 85 separate lawsuits on behalf of women who say they were sexually assaulted, falsely imprisoned, kidnapped, harassed, and/or stalked by Uber drivers, and they say they have over 300 more to go.
SF News Uber's Two-Minute Wait Limit Comes To SF This Month A series of new Uber features that Bloomberg characterizes as aimed at appeasing (now litigious) drivers (without increasing lowered fares for them) are set to debut. For riders, the most pertinent among them
SF News If Uber Drivers Start Demanding Tips And Only Waiting Two Minutes At The Curb, I'm Done The entire value and convenience propositions of using Uber could soon be out the window as it's becoming increasingly obvious that drivers would like to be getting cash tips, and as Uber announces
SF News Uber Driver Charged With Killing 6 In Kalamazoo Shootings Says Devil Appeared In App After recently starting as an Uber driver-partner, on February 20th Jason Dalton allegedly shot and killed six strangers, perhaps picking up other passengers in between and after the murders, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A
SF News Uber Drivers' Super Bowl Protest Was A Total Bust A planned strike by Uber drivers as well as a protest near the gates of Levi's Stadium both failed to have any real impact in the Bay Area on Super Bowl Sunday, however
SF News Uber Employee Appears To Record Protesting Drivers' License Plates, Denies Affiliation With Company In relation to Monday's protest held by 200 or so drivers, a company spokesperson tells BuzzFeed that “Uber respects our partners’ first amendment rights" and that they "do not — and have not — taken
