Starting in 2026, California drivers face stricter road safety mandates, including expanded "slow down and move over" ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

California’s East Bay got a shock on the morning of New Year’s Eve when a sleek black Chevrolet Camaro turned a routine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: It was interesting to read your column about the change in sequence for California’s license-plate numbers once 9ZZZ999 is reached. Will the state consider improving the look of the plates when the ...

The crackdown on license plate flippers is growing, with California joining a growing list of states that are prohibiting 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.