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Ride-hailing and food delivery companies say extreme violence is rare among the millions of trips completed each week by gig workers. But three attacks in Florida last month sent ripples of fear among some app-based drivers.

Ride-hailing company Lyft, based in San Francisco, announces it will be cutting hundreds of jobs, with one report saying about 30% of the company’s workforce will be affected.

A week after assuming the role of CEO at Lyft, David Risher said on Friday that “we will significantly reduce the size of the team.”

A California appeals court Monday ruled that rideshare companies can continue to treat drivers as independent contractors.

App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled Monday, allowing the tech giants to bypass other state laws requiring worker protections and benefits.

San Jose police say rideshare companies, such as Uber and Lyft, are not forwarding reports of sexual assaults they receive, and city leaders want to change that. 

San Jose police say ride share companies, such as Uber and Lyft, are not forwarding reports of sexual assaults they receive to law enforcement, and city leaders want to change that. Robert Handa reports.

Ride-hailing service Lyft is cutting 13% of its workforce, almost 700 employees, as it attempts to reduce operating expenses.

A Lyft driver is speaking out after she said that a passenger sexually assaulted her as they were driving on a San Jose freeway late Monday night.

A Lyft driver is speaking out after she said that a passenger attacked her as they were driving on a freeway in San Jose late Monday night. Stephanie Magallon reports.

San Francisco-based Lyft was hit with more than a dozen new lawsuits all at once Wednesday, most of them by drivers who say they were physically or sexually assaulted by passengers. Ian Cull reports.

San Francisco-based Lyft was hit with more than a dozen new lawsuits all at once Wednesday, most of them by drivers who say they were physically or sexually assaulted by passengers.

A Maryland man has died after his Lyft driver ordered him out of the car in the middle of a Delaware highway and he was struck by a passing vehicle, police said.

Police in Fremont said a Lyft driver was sprayed in the face with pepper spray during a dispute with a customer last week. On July 16, officers with the Fremont Police Department responded to a report of an assault.

Uber says that riders and drivers are no longer required to wear masks while using the service.

Riding in a self-driving van underscored the potential of autonomous vehicles, which some believe will be a multitrillion-dollar market for investors.

As part of the agreement, two taxi-hailing apps will integrate their software with Uber’s.

The Routing Company raised $15 million in a series A funding round led by Galvanize Climate Solutions.

On Wednesday, Flex drivers rallied outside of an Amazon warehouse in Southern California to ask the company to increase pay because of rising gas prices.

Lyft said said the 55-cent surcharge will last for at least 60 days.