DUI
DUI checkpoints scheduled for Carlsbad, Encinitas
COASTAL CITIES — Both the cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas will have DUI checkpoints on the same evening over the Fourth of July weekend. The...
CHP plans ‘maximum enforcement’ for Memorial Day weekend
REGION — The California Highway Patrol plans to intensify its enforcement in the San Diego area and statewide over the Memorial Day weekend starting tonight,...
Community mourns San Marcos mother, child killed in suspected DUI crash
SAN MARCOS — Family and friends are mourning the loss of a San Marcos woman and her young daughter killed in a suspected DUI crash...
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter, DUI in cyclist’s Solana Beach death
SOLANA BEACH — A man who fatally struck a 75-year-old bicyclist in Solana Beach last year while driving drunk, then fled the scene, pleaded guilty...
DUI suspect lands on the beach, kills 2 at Torrey Pines
REGION — Two teenager passengers were killed after a suspected DUI driver veered the car from the roadway and landed on the beach at Torrey...
DUI arrests down this Memorial Day weekend, CHP says
California Highway Patrol has arrested more than 50 people for suspected DUI violations on county freeways so far, down considerably from last year....
Law enforcement officials detail new anti-DUI law
Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego, and San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit detailed a new state law today that will require people convicted of drunken...
Busta addresses past DUI conviction, remains focused on final stretch
This week Carlsbad City Council candidate Corrine Busta issued a statement regarding a 2011 conviction for a misdemeanor driving under the influence arrest....
Vehicle crash damages home and gas line, alcohol found to be a factor
On Sunday evening, an 85-year old man, plowed into a residential building in the Vista Oceana community, and severed a gas line....
Carlsbad Police Department targeting drunken driving
CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad Police Department launched a campaign on Jan. 1 to reduce drunken driving in the city....