Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 desire for a sleek black-on-black look has some California drivers crossing the line of license plate legality.

With the help of license plate readers and drones, some law enforcement agencies in Southern California are becoming more aggressive in their fight to catch porch pirates. CBS California Investigates also obtained data from the Los Angeles Police ...

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 colored plates, license plates with brightly colored ...

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 car and remains for its life in the Golden State.

There's often nothing wrong with making small tweaks here and there to personalize your vehicle, whether they're on the inside or outside. But a seemingly harmless change can sometimes lead to owners getting in trouble with the law. Some of the most ...

A family in Los Angeles says they're feeling misunderstood after facing scrutiny over a custom license plate that was supposed to be an endearing nod to their grandfather. The license plate which reads LOLOCT7, is divided into three parts: "LOLO" in ...

Back in 1980, the Golden State adopted a new numbering scheme for its passenger-car license plates: A number followed by three letters followed by three numbers, i.e. "1AAA000." Given new car sales at the time, and considering this scheme was for passenger ...