Santa Rosa police will be holding a DUI/driver's license checkpoint tonight. "Our message is simple: If we catch you drunk, you will be arrested," Sgt. Rich Celli said in a statement. The checkpoint will be from 7 o'clock tonight until 1 a.m. Saturday, but police aren't saying where it'll be. [...]
A special DUI strike team of police officers will patrol downtown Cotati on Thursday to arrest anyone who celebrated St. Patrick's Day with too much to drink. Other extra officers will be focusing on areas in the Sonoma County with high incidents of DUI collisions and arrests, all part of [...]
Santa Rosa police plan a DUI/license checkpoint tonight at a spot "where a significant number of DUI-related collisions and DUI arrests have occurred." "DUI arrests can be embarrassing and expensive, but they're easy to prevent," Sgt. Rich Celli said in a statement. "If you're drinking, hand your keys over to [...]
It's Super Sunday, and we're all ready for the Super Bowl action. So is the CHP. Except their game action will be on the highways as officers are being told to keep an extra eye out today for drunken drivers -- at half time when inebriated fans may go on [...]
Several new laws take effect that affect a variety of drivers, including motorcyclists. Here are summaries of those laws, courtesy of the DMV: --Motorcycle instruction permit (Assembly Bill 1952): This new law requires a person under age 21 to complete an approved motorcycle safety course before being issued an instruction [...]
The CHP is stepping up its patrols this New Year's weekend. Starting at 6 p.m. Friday and continuing through midnight Sunday, extra officers will be out statewide, including on the North Coast, to watch for DUI suspects and drivers violating traffic laws. The CHP had similar extra patrols during Christmas [...]
Going to Grandma's house for Christmas? The CHP will be watching. Starting at 6 p.m. Friday and continuing through midnight Sunday, the CHP is beefing up its patrols in the state, including on the North Coast, to watch for DUI suspects and drivers violating traffic laws. "The holiday season is [...]
The recent arrest of a Santa Rosa man who recently had been convicted of his 19th DUI has stirred questions over how local police agencies conduct anti-DUI crackdowns. Are they just doing their job and being vigorous in their enforcement or is it excessive? What do you think? Please leave [...]
A total of 10 suspected DUI drivers were arrested Friday night, including one at a Petaluma checkpoint, during the first day of a 18-day crackdown by Sonoma County police officers. The stepped-up enforcement is part of the county’s Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force, which includes all police agencies in [...]
For the next couple of weeks, police agencies throughout Sonoma County will be cracking down on drunken drivers, with checkpoints and increased patrols. The stepped-up enforcement is part of the county's Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force, which includes all police agencies in the county, under a grant from the [...]