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Some DMV offices are open again for certain transactions

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  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

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  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • People wait in line outside the DMV office in Fontana as some offices in California reopened to those with appointments and transactions that must be done in person during the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, May 8, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

  • Police with the DMV Investigator Unit stand outside the DMV in Montebello on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • People come to the DMV in Montebello on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • People wait to enter the DMV in Montebello on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Erma Garcia, of Montebello, drops off her friend’s registration at the DMV in Montebello on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Will waits inline to renew his license at the DMV in Montebello on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. When he got to the front of the line he was told to renew online. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • The DMV in Montebello added line markers for social distancing on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • People wait to enter the DMV in Montebello on Friday, May 8, 2020 as the California Department of Motor Vehicles reopens field offices across the state during the pandemic. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Customers maintain social distancing as they wait in line at the DMV office in Glendale, CA, Friday, May 8, 2020. 25 DMV facilities in California opened to serve customers with appointments and transactions that must be done in person Friday. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • Customers maintain social distancing as they wait in line at the DMV office in Glendale, CA, Friday, May 8, 2020. 25 DMV facilities in California opened to serve customers with appointments and transactions that must be done in person Friday. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • The California Department of Motor Vehicles reopened select field offices across the state on Friday, May 8, to assist customers with appointments and with transactions that require an in-person visit to a field office during the COVID-19 pandemic The opening of offices included the DMV in Inglewood. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

  • The California Department of Motor Vehicles reopened select field offices across the state on Friday, May 8, to assist customers with appointments and with transactions that require an in-person visit to a field office during the COVID-19 pandemic The opening of offices included the DMV in Inglewood. (Photo by Chuck Bennett, Contributing Photographer)

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California is slowly reopening, and the Department of Motor Vehicles is in the first wave.

It swung open the doors of 25 of its 195 field offices on Friday, May 8, for those with appointments or particular transactions that require in-office visits. The state agency will reopen the remaining 170 in phases during the coming weeks.

The DMV closed its offices six weeks ago.

On Friday, it was clear life has changed.

Employees have masks, hand sanitizer and face shields. Customers must wear face coverings. Everyone is to stay six feet apart.

In Southern California, DMV offices that have reopened are in Arleta, Fontana, Fullerton, Glendale, Inglewood, Los Angeles (on Hope Street) and Santa Ana.

Their current hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, except the offices start an hour later on Wednesdays.

For locations and other information, the DMV’s website is at dmv.ca.gov.