Q: Many years ago, California began exempting older cars from having to complete a smog check to renew the vehicle registration for the year, Roy Saldin of Moreno Valley said. “They seemed to be doing ...

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 ...

A bill currently in committee in the California State Assembly would allow some classic car owners to pay $200 to waive the state’s smog check after meeting some other criteria. If a bill currently in ...

The California Air Resources Board has delayed the first periodic testing deadline for the Clean Truck Check Program to Jan. 1, 2025. However, this does not delay requirements to register and pay fees ...

The California Smog Check program tested more than 11 million vehicles in 2015. More than 10 percent of vehicles failed. Under state law, most California vehicles more than six years old must be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to partially halt California’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) relating to emissions controls for non-gasoline-combustion vehicles over 14,000 ...

On Jan. 1, 2013, California began implementing a new vehicle smog check system known as the STAR Program. This new state program is another hurdle that anyone who drives on public roads must endure.