Articles written by Sam Dean & Jon Schleuss

Sam Dean and Jon Schleuss, Los Angeles Times|Updated May 20, 2019

(tca/dpa) - A year ago, Bird Rides Inc. was flying high - and Silicon Valley was betting that it would keep on climbing. Thousands of the Santa Monica start-up's signature black-and-white scooters appeared on street corners across the world, bought with venture capital and rented to smartphone-toting riders. Investors saw how quickly riders took to the new mode of transit, and visions of Uber-size growth and revenues flitted through their heads. In March 2018, just six months...