Eighteen California DMV offices began extending their hours Monday to accommodate the influx of residents scrambling to obtain REAL IDs before the federal deadline arrives in just over three weeks.

Most California drivers 70 and up will no longer have to take the knowledge test to renew their license, the Department of Motor Vehicles announced. Until the change in policy, which took effect Oct.

Time is running out to get a California Real ID. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will soon require people to have a federally approved document — such as a passport or a Real ID driver’s ...