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The rideshare industry is making drastic changes to the way you ride.

California’s attorney general and a group of city attorneys on Wednesday escalated their lawsuit targeting the business model of ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft, announcing they will request a judge immediately compel the companies to hire their drivers as employees. The maneuver comes after the state and three cities sued the companies in May, accusing them of wrongly classifying...

Two Lyft passengers are suing the ride-hailing company, alleging they were taken on a harrowing ride by a driver who ignored their demands to stop and let them out before colliding with another vehicle in Burbank in 2019. Ryan Larson and Matt Hinerfeld filed the lawsuit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging reckless endangerment, negligence and both intentional and…

California is suing ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the state’s new labor law

California sued ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft on Tuesday, alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the state’s new labor law. Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco announced the lawsuit Tuesday. The labor law, known as AB5 and considered the nation’s strictest test, took effect Jan. 1...

For the last four years Chula Vista mom, Susana Valdez, has relied on driving for Uber and Lyft as her main source of income. As tourism and outings come to a halt across San Diego County she said she is struggling to pay her bills. “I get out of my car and wash my hands thoroughly every time. I also…

One Chula Vista rideshare driver said she is struggling to pay her bills as she is losing out on 90 percent of her typical customers, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.

The actor was in Miami promoting his new movie, “Bad Boys for Life,” over the weekend. He picked up four riders in a 2020 Porsche Taycan, occasionally getting into the attitude of his movie character detective Mike Lowry and encouraging passengers to do their best Bad Boys imitation as his partner in crime.

For years, Lyft has been the good guy of ride-hailing. In early days, its cars were adorned with whimsical pink mustaches. Its founders talked about improving peoples’ lives by reducing individual car ownership. And while Uber drivers grabbed headlines for assaulting passengers, somehow — despite many drivers working for both companies — Lyft remained unscathed. That changed when dozens of…

One of San Diego’s most beloved holiday traditions will once again take the spotlight at Balboa Park this Friday: December Nights.

Uber reports more than 3,000 U.S. sexual assaults on 2018 rides in long-awaited safety report.

NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews has where to park for December Nights in Balboa Park.

An attorney for 21 alleged sexual assault and rape victims will hold a press conference Wednesday in San Francisco to announce a new lawsuit against rideshare company Lyft.

New York will be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students under a state budget approved by lawmakers Sunday.

If you woke up to a weird text that seemed totally out of place, you aren’t alone. A mysterious wave of missives swept America’s phones overnight, delivering confusing messages from friends, family and the occasional ex. Friends who hadn’t talked to each other in months were jolted into chatting. Others briefly panicked. A telecom vendor called Syniverse said a server...

Long lines, fewer ride-share vehicles and higher prices led to frustrated arriving travelers at Los Angeles International Airport Sunday night, the busiest travel day of the week.

As thousands of Los Angeles residents were warned to evacuate their homes as fires burned in Santa Clarita and San Bernardino, several companies have come forward to offer relief services to those affected.

The Democrats who rule California took on homegrown tech giants Uber and Lyft over their workforces, convinced some of the world’s biggest automakers to buck the president on fuel emissions and passed a law that could change college sports nationwide.

Taking a Lyft, Uber or taxi from Los Angeles International Airport is about to get more complicated. Starting at 3 a.m. Oct. 29, taxi and ride-hailing services will be barred from picking up passengers at LAX terminals. Instead, passengers will have to take a shuttle bus to a nearby parking lot, called LAX-it, to pick up a ride.

A 22-year-old woman convicted of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed a Lyft passenger vacationing in San Diego was sentenced to more than a decade behind bars Wednesday.