The California DMV apologized for a license plate appearing to mock the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. The car owner's son said it was being misinterpreted. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

The California DMV apologized for a license plate appearing to mock the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. The car owner's son said it was being misinterpreted.

One lucky California driver will soon receive a license plate with the number 9ZZZ999, marking the end of an era for Golden State motorists. The California Department of Motor Vehicles is quickly ...

SAN DIEGO — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced plans to introduce a new license plate format in 2026, as the current system is projected to exhaust all available combinations.

DMV is running out of numbers. Here’s what’s next. One lucky California driver will soon receive a license plate with the number 9ZZZ999, marking the end of an era for Golden State motorists.

“Once personalized plates are removed from a vehicle and not retained, they are deactivated,” Ongtoaboc said in an email to ...

So 999ZZZ9 will be the last license plate sequence in the next combination. This sequence doesn't impact custom license plates that don't follow any combination rules, but must be approved by the DMV.

Law enforcement agencies across Southern California violated state law more than 100 times last month by sharing information from automated license plate readers with federal agents, records show.