Opponents of Uber, Lyft and other smartphone-powered transportation services have long lobbied for regulators to treat these companies the same way taxi companies are treated, given that they're ...

Uber spokeswoman Nairi Hourdajian said no background check process is perfect, ... L.A. and San Diego included 475 livery drivers and 600 taxi drivers whom Uber rejected because they had been ...

Uber says that in 2014, at least 600 active taxi drivers who also applied to Uber in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco failed its background check for problems such as violent crimes ...

Uber bills itself as a safe way to travel, and the ride-sharing service tries to live up to that billing by putting prospective drivers through background checks. However, taxi unions have ...

The background-check service that ride-hailing company Uber uses to screen potential drivers did not flag the criminal records of 25 drivers who gave thousands of rides to customers in Los Angeles ...

Uber, under fire around the globe for how it screens drivers, said it will toughen up its background checks and take other measures to improve passenger safety. Phillip Cardenas, the head of ...

Uber says that the fingerprint method doesn’t always work, arguing that there are gaps between state and federal records. But PUC officials say fingerprint background checks are better at ...

WESTWOOD (CBSLA.com) — Prosecutors with LA County and San Francisco are expanding a lawsuit against the popular ride-share service Uber. They accuse Uber of being misleading when it comes to ...

MIAMI – After a long, heated fight, in-demand rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft are now free to operate legally in Miami-Dade County. However, some critics are saying that required ...

Background checks started Friday for ride hailing services Uber and Lyft. 22News found out if more regulation can help taxi companies.

Uber will start doing annual criminal background checks on U.S. drivers and hire a company that continually monitors criminal arrests as it tries to do a better job of keeping riders safe. The move ...

DETROIT (AP) — Uber will start doing annual criminal background checks on U.S. drivers and hire a company that constantly monitors criminal arrests as it tries to do a better job of keeping ...