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Californians who renewed their license without getting a REAL ID during the pandemic can upgrade now without paying the typical fee.

The former manager of DMV’s Lincoln Park office faces up to 20 years behind bars when sentenced in August for taking bribes to approve driver’s licenses for people who could not otherwise pass their driving exams.

The Department of Homeland Security will again delay the requirement for air travelers to have a Real ID-compliant form of identification

A mix-up at the California Department of Motor Vehicles left a California woman with a driver’s license photo that’s a sign of the times.

The DMV is set to resume behind-the-wheel driving tests, the Oakland Zoo is getting ready to welcome back visitors and Great America has targeted a reopening date in May. Sharon Katsuda reports.

Good news for drivers! The DMV will resume its behind the wheel driving tests starting next month. It will automatically reschedule appointments for those who had theirs canceled this month and last month.

If you are over 70-years-old and your California driver’s license expired after March 1, you no longer have to go in person to the DMV to renew it, even if you received a letter saying that you do.

California can’t enforce a ban vanity license plates it considers “offensive to good taste and decency” because that violates freedom of speech, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Walnut Creek will lose its state Department of Motor Vehicles field office downtown, leaving residents needing to visit the DMV in person to go to Concord, Pleasanton or Pittsburg.

From Monday Aug 17 until Aug 19, DMV offices across the state will begin closing early as a method of conserving energy during extreme weather conditions.

A former police officer and U.S. Army veteran is speaking out after he applied for a license plate that reads “Blue Thin Line” and got rejected by the Department of Motor Vehicles in Napa.

A former police officer and U.S. Army veteran is speaking out after he applied for a license plate that reads “Blue Thin Line” and got rejected by the Department of Motor Vehicles in Napa. Cheryl Hurd reports.

A San Jose-based company received a permit from the DMV to test its driverless vehicles on surface streets in the city.

A sign of normalcy will return to Contra Costa County Thursday with the reopening of the Sunvalley Shopping Center.

A sign of normalcy will return to Contra Costa County Thursday with the reopening of the Sunvalley Shopping Center. Jackie Ward reports.

All California DMV field offices that are still closed due to the coronavirus pandemic will be open Thursday with limited services. Some offices had already reopened in a gradual process that offered some services to customers. Remaining field offices that were temporarily closed will reopen Thursday.  Behind-the-wheel driver tests will not be offered, yet.  Employees will help customers with...

More DMV offices will open this week as the California agency continues to restore operations statewide.

More DMV offices will open this week as the California agency continues to restore operations statewide. Jackie Ward reports.

UPDATE, MAY 22: DMV announced it will automatically extend most expiring driver’s licenses through at least July. All drivers over age 70 with licenses expiring in June or July will get an automatic 120-day extension. Please click here for complete details. As California Department of Motor Vehicles offices remain closed statewide, the agency on Tuesday announced a renewal deadline extension…

Addressing a frequent question from concerned teenagers and their families, the California Department of Motor Vehicles on Friday extended the validity of existing learner’s permits by several months.