Arts & Entertainment 'Everything But The News' Takes On S.F. Ridesharing Everything But The News is a news parody show, similar to The Daily Show, but with more PBS-focused jokes. In it, freelance reporter/out and proud Canadian Steve Goldbloom ventures throughout the Bay
SF News Attractive Dames Used To Lure Drivers Over To Uber Town Car drivers and cabbies alike hear the siren song of Uber calling their names. And why not? Uber drivers could make $550 in a day including fares. In an effort to get
SF News Uber Sued For Wrongful Death Of 6-Year-Old Sofia Liu The family of 6-year-old Sofia Liu, who was struck and killed by an UberX driver in the Tenderloin on New Year's Eve, is suing Uber for wrongful death related to the incident. In
SF News Uber Cars Attacked By Striking Taxi Drivers In Paris One place in the world where the tension between traditional cab drivers and on-demand car services like Uber is getting most heated is France, and a taxi strike at Paris airports Monday turned
SF News UberX Undercuts Taxis Even Further, Drops Rates Below S.F. Meter Prices In another move aimed squarely at San Francisco's maligned taxi cab industry and comparable rideshare services, Uber has dropped the rates on their UberX hybrid car service to undercut standard taxi fares. Although
SF News Driver Accused Of Killing 6-Year-Old Pedestrian Told Authorities He Was Searching For Uber Fares According to San Francisco Police, Syed Muzzafar, the 57-year-old driver from Union City who was arrested this week on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, told investigators that he was looking a fare with Uber
SF News Driver Identified In Death Of 6-Year-Old TL Pedestrian The driver arrested in the killing of 6-year-old pedestrian Sophia Liu on Tuesday evening has been identified by San Francisco Police as 57-year-old Syed Muzzafar of Union City. Muzzafar was arrested on suspicion
SF News Lyft And Sidecar Won't Save You From High New Year's Eve Fares Either Although Uber has already warned riders of high fares on New Year's Eve, competing rideshare companies Lyft and Sidecar have sent out their own heads-up press releases about higher-than-usual fares for New Year's
Arts & Entertainment Uber Warns Of '50-Percent Or Higher' Fares On NYE "Look, this is New Year's Eve," says Uber CEO Travis Kalanick regarding his company's possibly prickly price point come tomorrow night. Via this helpful video, he's trying to tell you that the city's
SF News Lyft Expands To The East Bay, Sheds That 'Donation' Business Good news for Oaklanders: Lyft is expanding your way, all the way from Oakland down to Castro Valley. And good news for Lyft: They don't have to pretend they're taking "donations" in California
SF News Could Uber Be Bigger Than Facebook Someday? That's the idea being chattered about in venture capital circles, and the chatter is becoming much louder after the leak of some recent financials from Uber that show it could be on track
SF News Uber Delivering Christmas Trees Tomorrow For Soulless Scrooges In the past, towncar-hailing service Uber has won hearts and easy publicity by delivering on-demand kitten playtime, free tamales from the Tamale Lady, and DeLorean Rides. For the Holiday season, the company is
SF News Uber, Now in 29 U.S. Cities, May Gross Over $200 Million This Year The little, mobile car-hailing company that just a year ago was something most of your friends probably hadn't heard of is now on track to make about $210 million in revenue this year
Arts & Entertainment Uber Delivering On-Demand Kitten Playtime Today From the ride-sharing service that brought you on-demand ice cream and app-available Tamale Lady comes a new, even more sinister temptation: on-demand kitten snuggles. Apparently today is National Cat Day (although any cat
SF News California Becomes First State To Regulate Lyft, SideCar And Uber Today marks a big win for car-sharing companies in California, including Lyft, Sidecar and Uber: state regulators voted unanimously to create rules for companies that use smartphones in lieu of a hail sign
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Tamale Lady, Now Brought To You By Uber Enterprising businesswoman Virginia Ramos, better known as the Tamale Lady, will be giving away 100% of her tamales for free this Friday in order to raise money for her brick and mortar shop.
SF News Uber Will Give You A Free Ride In A DeLorean This Weekend Ridesharing service — scratch that — Transportation Network Company Uber will roll out their latest publicity stunt this weekend: As nostalgic former inhabitants of the 1980s, we are obligated to tell you this publicity stunt
SF News Uber Driver Sued For Divisadero Fire Hydrant Incident The Uber driver involved in a bang-up accident that ended with another car crashing through a fire hydrant at Divisadero and Hayes Streets is now being blamed for injuries to a female pedestrian
SF News PUC Ready To Legalize Ridesharing In California After mulling over how to regulate semi-legal ridesharing services like Lyft, SideCar and Uber, the California Public Utilities has handed down a proposed ruling that would create a new set of regulations for
SF News SFO Cracking Down On Rideshare Drivers With Citizen Arrests Travelers looking to get home from San Francisco International Airport using ridesharing services like Lyft, Sidecar or Uber, might have a harder time finding rides starting right about now. As CBS5 reports, SFO
SF News Uber Drops Prices On Hybrid Rides in S.F., Fares Now Equal To Taxis Not content with disrupting the taxi cab industry by simply existing, towncar-hailing app Uber has dropped prices on their uberX hybrid car rides to further undercut the local taxi industry by matching their
SF News Lyft Gets $60M Investment For More Pink Mustaches The brigade of ridesharing services looks to drive on unabated as Lyft, of neon-pink mustache fame, received a $60 million cash infusion from venture firms led by Andreessen Horowitz LLC (yes, you read
SF News A New Law Might Uber-ize S.F.'s Entire Taxi Fleet You know how local cab drivers have been bemoaning the hit their business is taking from services like Uber and Lyft? Well, new legislation proposed by the SFMTA would require all 1,700
SF News Ridesharing Gets A Reprieve: PUC Agrees Uber & Lyft Are Both Legal For Now [Update] Good news on the ridesharing front today, as at least two of the big three ridesharing/sedan hailing apps have been granted a pass by the California Public Utilities Commission to continue operating
SF News S.F. Cab Drivers Take Uber To Court In their ongoing attempts to show just how clueless they can be about the current state of their own industry, a pair of San Francisco cabbies have lawyered up and hit Uber with
