A Private Surveillance Network Built on Tow Trucks Has Scanned 9 Billion License Plates. California Courts Just Said That’s Fine
Somewhere in California right now, a tow truck is rolling down a residential street, and...
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A Truck Driver Rammed Down Three License Plate Cameras in Rural California. Flock Safety Barely Noticed
Marcus Bee allegedly drove roughly 150 miles from his home in Pismo Beach to a...
Californians Are Turning Against Newsom’s EV Mandate. Someone Should Tell Them It’s Already Dead.
A new poll making the rounds this week claims nearly two-thirds of Californians oppose Governor...
A California Junkyard Just Burned Down Again. Congratulations, That’s Seven Since March
Early Sunday morning, a fire tore through an auto wrecking yard on Crows Landing Road...
California Rewrote Its EV Rebate Just for Rivian. Rivian’s Sales There Cratered Anyway.
California just did something automakers almost never get from a state government: it rewrote the...
California Thinks a Wedding Ring Makes You a Safer Driver
A California driver can wake up with the same car, the same commute, the same...
California’s New Insurance Bill Will Let Your Car Snitch on You — This Time With Paperwork
For twenty years, California has been the one state in the country where your auto...
A Thief Couldn’t Start This Stolen Porsche, So He Dragged It Down the Street Like a Shopping Cart
Nobody was driving the Porsche that tore up Tujunga Avenue in North Hollywood last Thursday...
A Robotaxi Can Trap a Fire Truck at a Burning House. The Firefighter’s Only Weapon Is a Complaint Form
Picture a fire captain waving his arms at a driverless Waymo that just rolled past...
California Wrote An EV Rebate For Exactly Two Companies, And Tesla Isn’t One Of Them
California’s newest electric vehicle rebate is worth $3,500. The provision buried in its bill text...
California Handed Oil Refineries a Bigger Break Than Its Own Regulators Recommended. Now It’s Getting Sued for It
California has one climate rule everyone already knows: every new car sold in the state...
Waymo’s “Free” Robotaxi Rides Have Nothing to Do With Generosity. They’re Buying Time With Regulators
Waymo wants you to believe the free rides in its new robotaxi are a nicety....
A $105K Corvette Blew Up a $1.3 Million Supercar Theft Ring. The Getaway Kit Cost Almost Nothing
Two men are sitting in a Ventura County jail cell on $250,000 bail apiece, accused...
Today in Cars: VW’s Reckoning, California’s Tracking Standoff, and Toyota’s Trust Problem
Four stories are worth your attention before you head out the door today, and they...
A Ladder, a Pond, and a Mustang: One California DUI Stop Became an Instant Viral Moment
The Rescue Photo That Broke the Internet The wreck itself was strange enough, but it...