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Happy Cinco de Mayo!! If you plan on drinking today and through the weekend, please be aware of all the DUI checkpoints that will be going on starting tonight.   During a DUI sobriety checkpoint, officers look for signs of intoxication such as blurry or water shot eyes, slurred speech or the smell of alcohol.   Once officers notice any of these signs, they will have motorists perform field sobriety tests and have them use a breathalyzer.

If you find yourself arrested for a California DUI, contact our California DUI Defense Attorneys to find out how we can help you!

Thursday, May 5^th

Fontana: evening – undisclosed location

Glendale: all evening – city wide

Los Angeles: 3pm-11pm – Foothill area

Modesto: 10pm-3am – undisclosed location (DUI Roving Saturation Patrol)

Oakdale: 6pm-3am – undisclosed location

Rancho Cordova: 8pm-2am – undisclosed location

Redlands: all evening – city wide

Riverside: 6pm-12am – city wide

San Bernardino: all evening – city wide

San Rafael: all evening – city wide

Vallejo: 7pm-12am – city wide

Friday, May 6^th.

Irvine: evening – Campus Dr. & Bridge Rd.

A Los Angeles man has been arrested for a felony DUI after causing a rollover crash on Highway 101.

According to Noozhawk, Ronald Hernandez, 23, was driving his 2008 Toyota Tacoma around 1am when he lost control and rolled the vehicle.   The passenger, 27-year-old Armen Sarkisan, suffered serious injuries including lacerations to his upper body and a fraction to his right leg which was nearly amputated.   Both men were transported to the Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital after Hernandez was arrested for a felony driving under the influence charge.

Contact our California DUI Defense Lawyers today if you have recently been arrested for a felony DUI charge in California. 

Alan Tudyk was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in Soquel.  

According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the “Dodgeball” and “Death at a Funeral” actor was stopped at around 1am after CHP officers saw his Land Cruiser speeding 40 mph in a 25 mph zone.   Tudyk declined a breathalyzer test but he did fail a field sobriety test and was arrested without incident.

Field sobriety tests must be done in accordance to specific guidelines and oftentimes, officers fail to administer them correctly. If you have been arrested after failing a field sobriety test, contact our Santa Cruz County DUI Defense Attorneys to find out how we can help you.

Multiple cities in California will be conducting driver’s license and sobriety checkpoints to help reduce the amount of alcohol-related accidents.   Starting Friday evening and going through Sunday, motorists can expect to come across check points where local police officers will be checking for signs of intoxication.  

If you find yourself arrested at a sobriety checkpoint, contact your local California DUI Defense Attorney to find out more information on what you could be facing as a DUI offender.   

The list below features a few of the checkpoints that will be occurring this weekend; however, there could be more in other cities.  For your safety and the safety of others, please do not drink and drive.

Friday:

Carson– 7pm-3am – unknown location

Coachella – 7pm-2am – unknown location

Escondido – Evening – unknown location

Gardena– 7:30pm – 3:30am – El Segundo Blvd. at Halldale Avenue

Moreno Valley – 6pm-11:30pm – unknown location

Oakland– 6pm-2am – unknown location

Rialto– 7pm-1am – unknown location

San Diego – 10pm-5am – unknown location

Studio City – 8pm-2am – Ventura Blvd, between Coldwater Canyon Ave and Fairway Avenue

Saturday:

Costa Mesa – 7pm-1am – Baker St at Bear Street

Fontana– 6pm-1:30am – unknown location

Pasadena– 7pm-3am – unknown location

Ventura– 8pm-3am – unknown location

Sunday:

Lompoc– 6 pm-evening – unknown locations

With the weekend right around the corner, local police departments will be setting up California DUI Checkpoints throughout the state. As always, do not drink or drive; you could be putting yourself and others at serious risk of injury or even death.

Police officers set up sobriety checkpoints to ensure that the public is safe from those driving while under the influence.  If you find yourself arrested during a checkpoint, contact a knowledgeable California DUI Defense Attorney who will provide you with information on how your case can be reduced.

Officers will be conducting checkpoints to check for driver’s licenses and for motorists who are driving under the influence. Although there might be several other locations throughout California, here are a few locations that may be near you:

Friday

Hawthorne: 7pm-3am - Crenshaw Blvd & Rocket Rd.

Riverside: 6pm- 12am - Undisclosed location

Saturday

Los Angeles: 8pm-2am - Vermont Ave, between Fifth & Sixth St.

Long Beach: 6pm-2am - east side of the city

Oxnard: 6pm-2am -multiple locations

Pleasanton: 7pm-2am – Santa Rita Road & Pimlico Dr.

Visalia: evening – undisclosed location

The latest winner of the popular TV show “Survivor” was arrested and booked on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance.  

Judson Birza was riding his skateboard in the streets of Santa Monica around noon.  When cops stopped Birza, TMZ states that they noticed him acting strangely. Birza was booked and jailed for a DUI related warrant as well as probation violation and is being held on a $37,000 bail.

It’s important to know that you can be arrested for a DUI when you’re in a car, on a bike, on a boat or, in Birza’s case, a skateboard. If you or someone you know has been arrested for suspicion of being under the influence, contact our California DUI Attorneys today. 

East Long Beach will be seeing a DUI check point on Saturday, January 22^nd. According to the Long Beach Post, the Long Beach Police Department will be conducting driver license and driving under the influence checkpoint from 6pm until 2am.

Officers will be making sure that the public is safe by identifying offenders and getting them off the streets.  These DUI checkpoints are designed to reduce the number of persons killed or injured in alcohol involved collision.  

During a DUI checkpoint, officers are trained to conduct field sobriety tests. If you were arrested during a DUI checkpoint, contact a California DUI Defense Attorney today to find out how your case can be reduced. 

Five bicyclists, ages 18 to 22, were arrested, cited for a California bicycle DUI and released. KCRA.com states that officers were called to the scene after a bicycle lost control and crashed into the pavement.

At around 1:30am, approximately 15 bicyclists were riding on both sides of the road without helmets and barely visible to motorists. Officers could smell alcohol and conducted field sobriety tests on all the cyclists.

 The five bicyclists were arrested on suspicion of riding under the influence in South Los Angeles; one of the arrested was the victim of the crash, although he wasn’t seriously injured.  If you or someone you know has been arrested for any type of DUI, contact our knowledgeable California DUI Defense Attorneys today.

Actress Jaime Pressly, 33, was arrested late Wednesday night for driving under the influence in Santa Monica. The “My Name Is Earl” actress was pulled over around 11 pm, for what is alleged to be a traffic violation.

News channels state that once pulled over, the two-time Emmy nominee performed field sobriety tests and was arrested and booked on the suspicion of a DUI.   TMZ states that she was taken to a jail in Santa Monica and held on a $15,000 bond.  Ms. Pressly’s BAC, or blood-alcohol level, has not been confirmed. 

To get the best representation, contact our leading DUI Defense Lawyers for more information.

Actress Lindsay Lohan may be looking at additional jail time for violating her probation while at the Betty Ford clinic in Rancho Mirage.   When a Betty Ford clinic worker tried to get a breathalyzer test form Ms. Lohan on December 12th, KTLA.com states that the actress apparently became “belligerent, pushed her and snatched a phone from her hand, straining her arm”. 

The 24 year old actress voluntarily entered the Better Ford rehab center after failing a drug test and has already been to rehab twice as well had multiple jail stays due to a DUI arrest 3 ½ years ago. Riverside County’s Sherriff officials state that Lohan “violated several aspects of her probation, including the battery involving a former staffer at the clinic”. Ms. Lohan is ordered to not violate her probation until Feb. 25^th or she will have to face additional mandated jail time. 

The holiday weekend brought an increase in California DUI arrests according to the CHP.  Across the state from 6:01 pm Christmas Eve to 6 am Sunday there were 16 fatal traffic accidents.  In Los Angeles County alone, the arrests from driving under the influence nearly doubled.  The CHP and other agencies are reported to be gearing up for this weekend, one of the most notorious drinking holidays of the weekend.

Holiday parties provide a great source of entertainment, however they also come during a time when law enforcement agencies have beefed up patrolling for drunk driving.  Citizens are encouraged to report any signs of impaired driving.  Being arrested for a California DUI can be terrifying.  The best thing that you can do is hire a leading California drunk driving defense attorney to assist you with all aspects of your case.