The Light Source — compliance record
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Vetting summary
Inspections
Zero inspections on file — no safety data to evaluate (a documented gap in vetting standards)
Federal identity
Registration snapshot
Legal name
Thomas A Mcdonald
DBA
The Light Source
Entity type
Carrier
Physical address
3947 E Lynwood St, Orange, CA 92869
Phone
(714) 348-5812
Power units
—
Drivers
1
First on record
—
Last MCS-150 filing
—
Hazmat flag
No
Operating authority
Dockets & filings
No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.
Crash record — last 24 months
0
Reportable crashes
0
Tow-aways
0
With injuries
0
With fatalities
Safety record
Inspection history
No roadside inspections in the current federal dataset.
Activity log
Record changes
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No changes recorded since TenFourHQ began tracking this company.
In the news
Recent coverage
Two Things You Should Know About Trailer Lighting and Wiring - Heavy Duty Trucking
Heavy Duty Trucking · 2/4/2026
Seven-octave high-brightness and carrier-envelope-phase-stable light source - Nature
Nature · 12/14/2020
Green Silicon Photonics - Optics & Photonics News
Optics & Photonics News · 11/22/2021
/GaN van der Waals heterojunction for high-speed visible-light detection - Nature
Nature · 11/25/2025
Decoupling light absorption and carrier transport via heterogeneous doping in Ta3N5 thin film photoanode - Nature
Nature · 12/15/2022
Force-induced charge carrier storage: a new route for stress recording - Nature
Nature · 10/27/2020
Characterization of carrier behavior in photonically excited 6H silicon carbide exhibiting fast, high voltage, bulk transconductance properties - Nature
Nature · 3/25/2021
Modelling and optimization of Ge/GaAs uni-travelling carrier photodiodes - Nature
Nature · 3/15/2025
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