Wildfires currently cover thousands of acres in California and firefighters are making as much progress as they possibly can with the lack of rain and high winds. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has temporarily suspended some regulations including hours of service and the Temporary Operating Authority Registration fees. This…
California’s Air Resources Board has released a new standard on truck manufacturing, stating that half of all medium and heavy-duty truck sales in the state need to be zero-emission. This ambitious proposed regulation created a lot of discussion from critics. Some are calling it unrealistic and some are in full…
Construction is now complete of the truck lane on the eastbound stretch of Interstate 80 near Colfax, California. This lane is for truckers to use on the six percent grade headed toward Donner Summit. It will provide relief for traffic congestion and make the windy and steep road safer for…
Across four of its distribution facilities, Anheuser-Busch is deploying 21 BYD (Build Your Dreams) battery-electric trucks. They will also be working with the Center of Transportation and the Environment (CTE) for the project oversight and ENGIE Services U.S., to design and install charging infrastructure at each location. This is all…
In San Diego, Calfornia, the American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition kicks off this weekend and runs through October 9. People from all areas within the trucking industry will be gathering at the San Diego Convention Center to learn more about what’s going on in the industry today and…
Hosted by the Fresno State Craig School of Business, the 30th annual California Family Business Awards has given one of its nine awards to Young’s Commercial Transfer out of Porterville, California. This 84 year old business was one of nearly one hundred businesses nominated for this award. The nine winners…
Laws currently state that every two years passenger vehicles that are six years old or older have to pass a smog test. Now, a bill has just been signed to add trucks to the list of required vehicles that need to pass a smog check. Environmentalists in California are hoping…
AB 5, the ‘Dynamex’ worker classification bill, has been moved forward by the California Senate. Before the bill went through, its author added one last exemption for newspaper delivery workers but there were no exemptions for the trucking industry. Other exemptions included lawyers, doctors, and hairstylists but no trucking companies…
In California, the bill that could potentially end the leased owner-operator model is heading for its deadline. The California legislature has until September 13 to pass the bill otherwise it will be put on hold until next year. This bill was put forth to change the worker misclassification across all…
A plan for supporting infrastructure for electric vehicles was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. With an initiative of $107 million to build around 300 charging stations, they are hoping for at least 3,000 electric trucks, buses, and other heavy-duty vehicles to use them in the near future. As…