Department of Motor Vehicles

The city tests, permits and regulates taxis, but the Investigative Unit easily found drivers with questionable driving records. One SF taxi medallion holder was listed on the state of California’s sex offender registry.

A new 19,000-square-foot Department of Motor Vehicles office with 28 service windows opened Wednesday morning in the San Fernando Valley. The Pacoima DMV office replaces an office in Granada Hills that recently closed. Located at 11623 Glenoaks Blvd. in Pacoima, the office will process driver’s licenses and Real IDs.

A majority of Americans are unprepared for the Real ID requirement, which goes into effect in one year, according to a new survey.

A majority of Americans are unprepared for the Real ID requirement, which goes into effect in one year, according to a new survey. Bob Redell reports.

An 81-year-old San Jose man was seen driving on the wrong side of two South Bay freeways early Thursday morning before California Highway Patrol officers stopped him.

A New Hampshire mother will be allowed to keep her “PB4WEGO” vanity license plate thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu. The governor reached out to the Department of Motor Vehicles Wednesday and “strongly urged” them to let Gonic resident Wendy Auger keep the plate she’s had for 15 years.

A New Hampshire mom is putting up a fight after being told to surrender the vanity license plate she’s had for 15 years. This month, Gonic resident Wendy Auger got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles saying her plate “PB4WEGO” is in violation of state requirements. Auger says she’s just a mom with a useful motto.

California’s DMV is trying to improve customer service by accepting credit cards, upgrading its website and offering clearer instructions on how to obtain a new federally mandated ID, but Gov. Gavin Newsom cautioned Tuesday the agency’s long wait times and other troubles aren’t over.

California’s DMV is trying to improve customer service by accepting credit cards, upgrading its website and offering clearer instructions on how to obtain a new federally mandated ID, but Gov. Gavin Newsom cautioned Tuesday the agency’s long wait times and other troubles aren’t over. Mark Matthews reports.

A far-reaching new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase in California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking for a leader interested in “breaking things, and making them better,” who prioritizes “openness” and “simplicity” and can “feed and sustain team energy and enthusiasm.”

NBC Bay Area political analyst Larry Gerston reveals how California’s new governor is moving fast on big issues.

Eight people injured when a former Army sharpshooter with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder plowed his car at high speed into them in Sunnyvale have been identified in a criminal complaint.

The mother of a Northern California man arrested after he allegedly plowed into a group of pedestrians, injuring eight, says her son is an Army vet who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder while serving in Iraq.

Residents who renewed their California drivers license and haven’t gotten them in the mail yet may be part of the latest tech glitch at the embattled state agency.

A 42-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in El Cerrito last week after he attacked two young girls, ages 8 and 9, in front of one of their fathers, police said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is launching an effort to modernize the state’s embattled Department of Motor Vehicles.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom will be the governor of the deep blue state of California, winning a decisive victory Tuesday night against Republican John Cox.

Civil rights groups sued Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor who also oversees elections in the state, saying the method his office uses to verify new voter registrations is discriminatory. The lawsuit, filed late Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, comes after the revelation that thousands of applications remain in a pending status...

California’s top elections official said Tuesday he doesn’t yet know if any of the roughly 1,500 people mistakenly registered to vote by the Department of Motor Vehicles cast ballots in the June primary. Secretary of State Alex Padilla said his office is investigating and working with counties to ensure ineligible people don’t vote in the November election.