The updates affect school zone speed limits, electric bikes, license plates, DUI penalties, vehicle impoundments and ...

Cities such as Oakland are intensifying their use of ALPRs, with the city voting unanimously in favor of a $2.25 million ALPR ...

A personalized California license plate that appeared to mock the bloody Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas has prompted an apology by the department of motor vehicles and explanation by vehicle ...

California municipalities continue to press ahead with automated license-plate reader contracts, betting the technology’s ...

Cities and Municipalities in the State of California have been voting en masse to expand their controversial network of AI ...

Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be ...

Holiday traffic clogs the 110 Freeway as commuters leave before the Thanksgiving weekend in downtown Los Angeles. The DMV is running out of license plate numbers and is forced to change the plate ...

Over the past several weeks, On the Road has received letters from readers asking or commenting about our previous column discussing California license plates. We received emailed images of darkly ...

Since 1980, California’s passenger car license plates have followed the same format: one number, three letters, and three numbers (think 1ABC234). But that tried-and-true combo is at the end of its ...

Ever noticed a clever custom license plate while traveling California roads? For every interesting license plate you’ve come across, there are numerous others that were rejected and will never see the ...

California hands out its license plates differently than some other states. As opposed to the tag being associated with the owner and switching whenever the vehicle is sold; the plate belongs to the ...

With the state running out of its current combination of license plate numbers and letters, California plans to launch a new license plate sequence for newly registered vehicles starting next year.