A Santa Rosa assemblyman is generating a lot of controversy over his bill that would set uniform rules for police statewide in operating DUI checkpoints and that would require police to publicize the specific location of a checkpoint at least two hours in advance. A story in Monday's Press Democrat [...]
Two DUI/license checkpoints Friday night in Petaluma screened 987 drivers, but police didn't find any suspected DUIs. But Petaluma police said they did arrest three drivers on suspicion of driving without a license, and two others on suspicion of driving on a suspended license. One of those two also was [...]
Petaluma police on Friday night will hold two DUI/license checkpoints. The the first one will start a 6 p.m. and then at a point during the night it will be shut down and moved to the second location, which will run until 2 a.m. Saturday. Neither location was being revealed [...]
Santa Rosa traffic police officers this Monday through Sunday will monitor one of the city's seventh most dangerous intersections -- Stony Point Road at Glenbrook Drive, which last year was tied with nine traffic collisions. As part of a weekly special enforcement program, officers particularly will be looking for drivers [...]
The first indication of Friday night's DUI/license checkpoint in Santa Rosa were the half dozen or so protesters holding reflective signs saying "RETEN" in Spanish for checkpoint. But before drivers knew it, they were being funneled amid flashing police lights into one lane on eastbound Fourth Street in [...]
If you're hitting the road this weekend, so is the CHP -- in force. Every available officer will be on patrol during the Labor Day weekend, from 6 p.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. With the heightened presence, the CHP hopes it can cut the number of crashes, particularly fatal [...]
Santa Rosa police Thursday will hold a DUI/license checkpoint as part of a two-week crackdown by Sonoma County's Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force. The checkpoint will be 7 p.m. Thursday to 1 a.m. Friday at a location that police aren't revealing. The Avoid the 13 task force has held [...]
The state Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would limit the impounding of cars of unlicensed drivers at DUI checkpoints. The bill, AB 353, by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, would prohibit police from impounding the car of an unlicensed driver who is sober if the car wasn’t used in [...]
The CHP will hold a DUI checkpoint Friday night in Lake County. The checkpoint will be 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday near Highways 53 and 29 in Lower Lake. Officers plan to check every driver who passes through the checkpoint. Follow the Road Warrior on Twitter at @PDRoadWarrior
Virtually every day the Sonoma County CHP issues a news release reporting its latest DUI arrests. This Friday, the county's Avoid the 13 anti-DUI task force begins a two-week crackdown, including checkpoints. Last year, 3,073 DUI cases were filed in the county, court records show. So what's the cost if [...]