Smog hangs in the air as the sun sets after a hot day in the Los Angeles Basin on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Federal prosecutors in Sacramento on Thursday unsealed an ...

California State Sen. Shannon Grove and former “The Tonight Show” host and classic car enthusiast Jay Leno joined forces Wednesday in an effort to keep more classic cars on the road. “Leno’s Law,” or ...

The state of California will soon require biometric authentication and webcam monitoring at smog test stations, as it seeks to prevent fraudulent inspections from taking place. California’s smog ...

A friend of mine is the proud owner of a 2002 Honda. He’s piled almost 130,000 miles on the vehicle since buying it 13 years ago. It’s far beyond any factory warranty or even an extended warranty. So ...

For most of us, getting a smog check on our car is a regular, if somewhat annoying, occurrence. But California’s most polluting vehicles, heavy duty diesel trucks, haven’t had the same level of ...

SACRAMENTOSACRAMENTO — State regulators are preparing to launch a major overhaul of the smog check program, a move they say will save motorists both time and money. Gone will be the familiar tailpipe ...

Q. I was walking past an idling early 1960s car that was producing a toxic cloud of smog. His license plate was up to date and I was wondering how this car could pass a smog check. Do “antique” cars ...

However, the state still says you're free to flash an ECU to stock and return the tune after the test. It all started with Gran Turismo. From those early PlayStation days, Sean was drawn to anything ...

For those living in California or other states that have used the Golden State's smog laws as the basis for their own, modifying the engine of most 1976 and later gasoline-powered vehicles is nearly ...

A. That bill, authored by Assemblyman Timothy Grayson, D-Concord, was similar to other such efforts to loosen up the smog requirements for older vehicles. It died back in the 2019-20 session – not ...

For decades California has required owners of older cars to pass periodic tailpipe emissions tests in order to register their vehicles. But there is no smog check program for the more than 1 million ...