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Driven Brands Collision Heart Fund Activated to Support Employees Impacted by California Wildfires

February 7, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

The Driven Brands Collision Group consisting of Abra, CARSTAR, and Fix Auto USA, has a significant number of franchise locations and employees in California. While all of our locations and employees are safe following the recent wildfires, many team members in the greater Los Angeles area are facing the aftermath of these devastating events. In […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Disaster Relief, Driven Brands

ProColor Collision Expands in Bakersfield, California

February 6, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Qazi Asad, a 37-year industry veteran, has opened ProColor Collision Bakersfield Southwest, marking his second location in four months. Asad, alongside CFO Obeer Qazi and Vice President of Operations Saady Qazi, continues to expand his collision repair service in California. As CollisionWeek reported in October, Asad opened ProColor Collision Lynwood. Located at 4900 Lisa Marie […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Network Affiliations, ProColor Collision

California Reported Total Autonomous Test Vehicle Mileage Down by Half from Previous Year

February 3, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Autonomous vehicles under testing permits have collectively covered nearly 4.5 million miles on California’s public roads from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024, down more than half from the previous year, the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced, The most recent year total, standing at 4,498,066 miles, includes 3,945,171 miles with a safety driver […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Autonomous Vehicles, California

GoFundMe Fundraiser Established for Owners of California CARSTAR Store Who Lost Home in Pasadena Fire

January 31, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Armen and Datevig Daghlian, owners of CARSTAR Douglas Auto Body & Paint, have faced an extraordinary set of challenges following a devastating fire that tore through their home on the evening of Tuesday, January 7 in Pasadena, Calif. While the fire destroyed their residence, leaving the Daghlian family effectively homeless, they have shown incredible resilience […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, CARSTAR, Disaster Relief

Trump Rescinds Biden Administration EV Mandate in Executive Order

January 22, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

SEMA applauds effort, calls on EPA to send California Clean Air Act waivers granted in December for Congressional Review. Auto Alliance calls for single national emission standard. In an Executive Order signed on his first day in office, President Trump stated it is the policy of his Administration to remove regulatory barriers put in place […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, California, Emissions, Regulations, Specialty Equipment Market Association, U.S. EPA

Fix Auto USA Adds Collision Repair Center in Chino, California

January 21, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Fix Auto Chino, owned by Selvi Rizk-Menard, held its grand opening celebration in Chino, CA on Friday, January 10. The event featured a taco truck, raffles, and a special NABC Recycled Rides giveaway. The new location adds to Selvi Rizk-Menard’s growing network of Fix Auto USA locations, including Fix Auto Moreno Valley and Fix Auto […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Fix Auto USA, Network Affliations

Wesco Acquires Colortone Automotive Paints

January 2, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Wesco Group, the paint, body and equipment distributor in the U.S. and Canada, announced the acquisition of Los Angeles, Calif.-based Colortone Automotive Paints. Colortone Automotive Paints has been servicing the greater LA market since 1933. Stan Reshes became the third owner in 1979, who over time brought in his three sons into the business. Now […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, California, Wesco

ProColor Collision Adds Repair Facility to Network in East Los Angeles

December 12, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

ProColor Collision announced the addition of a new collision repair center to its network in East Los Angeles. The newest ProColor Collision in California is owned and operated by Armando and Elisa Flores and is located at 4435 East Olympic Blvd. “We are happy about our future with ProColor Collision,” said Armando Flores. “We purchased […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Network Affiliations, ProColor Collision

California Body Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Nearly $1.2 Million in Income

November 22, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Will pay over $300,000 in back taxes and $250,000 penalty. The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) agency announced that the owner of a Fullerton, Calif.-based auto body shop pleaded guilty November 15 to filing false tax returns for tax years for tax years 2015 to 2022, underreporting his income by at least $1,184,914. In […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, IRS, Lawsuits, Tax

Classic Collision Celebrates Milestone

November 18, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

New California location is 300th collision repair center. Classic Collision, LLC announced it has opened its 300th collision repair center in Las Mesa, Calif. Classic operates repair facilities in 18 states. “We are incredibly proud to reach yet another major milestone in our journey with the opening of our 300th location in La Mesa, CA! This […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: California, Classic Collision, Openings

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