Smog checks play a crucial role in reducing air pollution from vehicles, yet not all vehicles are required to undergo these ...

Picture it: July 8, 1943, Los Angeles, California. You go outside and are inundated by a mysterious brown haze in the air that smells gaseous. This is unprecedented, and nobody knows what could be ...

The smog arrived on July 8, 1943. Some thought it was chemical warfare by a foreign country. Former Los Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron said he would get rid of the "vexing fumes" within four months, ...

From coal-fired cities to industrial river valleys, a smokey fog crept in quietly and left behind chaos: schools shut down, people collapsed in the streets, and entire towns were brought to a ...

You will undoubtedly need to have your vehicle serviced throughout its lifetime. Mechanics will perform routine maintenance, with some mandatory procedures along the way. One of these procedures or ...

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 ...

When my car failed California’s smog test this year, I wandered from one garage to another trying to determine how to bring it into compliance. After speaking with several automotive experts and ...