E-scooters finally return to San Francisco—without Bird and Lime

It's been a wild ride, but e-scooters are officially back in San Francisco. It only took an official ban, a drawn-out permit application process, a surprising selection announcement, three appeals (from Lime, Uber's Jump, and Spin), and a denied temporary restraining order to get here.  SEE ALSO: San Francisco has no idea what to do about 'goofball' e-scooters, email records show But finally scooters are back in San Francisco. Well, scooters from two companies: Scoot and Skip.  Bird, Lime, and Spin may have started the whole scooter mania earlier this year, but now they aren't allowed to operate in SF. Read more...More about San Francisco, Bird, Scoot, Lime, and Scooter