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Family and friends are stepping up efforts to find a 29-year-old man who went missing a week ago while working as a rideshare driver near downtown Los Angeles. Vikki Vargas reports for the NBC4 News at 11 on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (Published Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018) 
  
 Family and friends Sunday stepped up efforts to find a 29-year-old man who went missing a week ago while working as a rideshare driver near downtown Los Angeles. 
  
 Joshua Thiede was last seen driving a black 2014 Nissan Altima in the 1000 block of Wilshire Boulevard at 11 a.m. last Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The car has a California license plate, 7CSD450, police said. 
  
 His friends returned to the area Sunday to pass out fliers and look for clues. 
  
 Thiede worked as a driver for both Uber and Lyft to earn extra money while planning a line of organic shoes, relatives explained on Facebook. They said his last fare was a 15 minute trip for Lyft on Sunday, Feb. 11. 
  
 29-Year-Old Ride-Share Driver Still Missing 
  
 Friends are still searching for 29-year-old Joshua Thiede who went missing a week ago. Jane Yamamoto reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018. (Published Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018) 
  
 Yokeena Jamar, Thiede's close friend, said Lyft has not given them any information about the last passenger Thiede may have driven. 
  
 His mother, Janet Thiede, said her son, or someone using his phone, made a 911 call at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12, but hung up without saying anything. The phone was later traced to Venice Boulevard and Burlington Avenue, but is no longer active. 
  
 Kevin Young, another of Thiede's friends, said he hasn't heard from him since receiving a text message last Sunday, Feb. 11. "The last message I got from him was him saying he was sick with the flu, so he couldn't get together over the weekend," Young said. 
  
 Thiede is white, with brown hair and blue eyes, police said. He stands about 6-feet tall and weighs about 170 pounds. 
  
 Anyone with information on his whereabouts was asked to call the LAPD's Missing Persons unit at (213) 996-1800 or (877) 527-3247 or 911. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. ||||| LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A local Lyft and Uber driver from the Westlake District appears to have vanished without a trace. 
  
 Friends and family have not heard or seen Joshua Thiede for nearly a week. 
  
 The 29 –year-old was last seen on Wilshire Boulevard just north of the 110 Freeway in the area where he resides last Monday. 
  
 Originally from Ohio, Thiede moved to Los Angeles to start a business and had been driving for Uber and Lyft to help make ends meet. 
  
 Thiede’s mother says his last phone call was to 911 last Monday around 11 a.m., but the call disconnected before a dispatcher picked up. 
  
 No one has heard from Thiede since and all of his social media accounts have been deleted. 
  
 CBS2’s Greg Mills spoke to Thiede;s friends and family and they said they are hoping that someone has seen him. 
  
 “We’re really getting concerned now,” said Kevin Young, a friend. “Right now a week has gone by.” 
  
 Today, friends like Yokeena Jamar, handed out flyers at Burlington and Venice to help raise awareness. 
  
 “We’re all extremely concerned,” she said. 
  
 A homeowner told Mills he believe he saw Thiede’s car parked in front of his home. 
  
 “I drive out,” says Danny Perez, “I notice the car. I notice it but didn’t pay attention to what it was.” He says it was parked there for “a couple of days.” 
  
 Authorities said Thiede’s 2014 black Nissan Altima is also missing. The vehicle has the California license plate of 7CSD450. 
  
 Anyone with information is urged to call the LAPD’s missing persons division. ||||| 7:35 p.m.: This article was updated with new information from Janet Thiede, the mother of the missing man. 
  
 This article was originally posted at 6:30 p.m. |||||
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A Los Angeles driver for Uber and Lyft has been missing for days and police have asked the public for help. Joshua Thiede was last seen Feb. 11 in Los Angeles, the LA Times reports. The 29-year-old's mother, Janet Thiede, said phone records show that somebody called 911 from her son's phone on Feb. 12, but the call was disconnected before the dispatcher picked up, reports CBS Los Angeles. The phone is no longer active, per NBC Los Angeles. Janet Thiede says her son, an Ohio native, has been driving for the ride services while working on a business plan to sell organic shoes. His car also is missing, and friends were passing out fliers Sunday hoping for leads on his whereabouts.