On a cracked two-lane road on the eastern edge of San Diego County, James Cordero eased his Jeep onto the shoulder after something caught his eye. It looked like an abandoned trailer. Inside he found ...

More than two dozen privacy and advocacy organizations are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to remove a network of covert license plate readers deployed across Southern California that the ...

A vast surveillance network is recording every driver passing through a stretch of road between San Diego and the Arizona state line. Dozens of cameras were discovered hidden in trailers and ...

Legislation to regulate the use of automated license plate readers amid concerns over federal immigration agents accessing data the devices collect, passed the Washington state Senate on Wednesday. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An automated license plate reader sits along Old Highway 80 in the Jacumba Hot Springs area of San Diego on Feb. 7, 2026. On a ...