California smog check news and program updates for drivers
Last reviewed 2026-08-02
SmogNews is the standalone news edition of the Cal Smog Network newsroom — consumer coverage of the California Smog Check Program: what checks cost, what the Bureau of Automotive Repair changes, and what those changes mean for your registration. It is published under the Cal Auto Doors label and operated by Cal Smog Network, a California smog check station network.
Articles are written in plain English for drivers, not for the trade. Program facts are drawn from public primary sources — the California Bureau of Automotive Repair (bar.ca.gov), the California DMV (dmv.ca.gov), and the California Air Resources Board (arb.ca.gov) — and each article names its sources in the text. Articles carry the CSN Newsroom staff byline. News coverage contains no paid placements and no per-station pricing; the operator relationship above is disclosed on every page footer.
Every article's canonical edition is published first on calsmognetwork.com/news; this site is the dedicated news masthead for the same coverage (13 articles at this build) and each article here points to its canonical edition.
New articles publish as program news warrants — typically weekly — and the full site is rebuilt from the newsroom's canonical article store on every publish, so corrections propagate to every article automatically.
Spotted an error? Email sam@calsmognetwork.com with a link to the article. Corrections are applied to the canonical newsroom store first, then republished to every edition, including this one.