Articles Tagged With ‘DUI’




Central Coast DUI crash sends sheriff’s SUV airborne, lands next to ocean

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver slammed into a Ventura County Sheriff’s patrol SUV Saturday evening, resulting in the vehicle falling onto boulders beside the ocean.  Deputy Castaneda and his K-9, two-year-old Dutch Shepherd Danny, were responding to... (Continue reading)

Allegedly intoxicated driver slams into light pole in SLO

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver crashed into a light pole in San Luis Obispo early Saturday morning. Shortly after  2 a.m., a caller reported a crash in the 1500 block of Johnson Avenue near the railroad bridge, according... (Continue reading)

SLO man arrested for firing shots, driving under the influence

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police officers arrested a man Sunday morning for driving under the influence, discharging a firearm and other weapons offenses.  At about 9 a.m., a 911 caller reported shots fired in the area of the... (Continue reading)

Driver arrested for DUI after hitting car, light pole in SLO

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated driver rear-ended a vehicle in San Luis Obispo early Sunday morning, injuring a person, and then slammed into a light pole on a Highway 101 overpass, according to police. Shortly after midnight, a patrol... (Continue reading)

Elderly DUI suspect gets trapped in car on SLO hillside

By JOSH FRIEDMAN An allegedly intoxicated 72-year-old driver crashed his car in San Luis Obispo Thursday morning and spent about two hours stuck inside the vehicle hanging by his seatbelt.  At about 10:30 a.m., the Visalia man drove his white... (Continue reading)

Four people injured in DUI crash near SLO, video

By KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN Three people suffered major injuries and one man suffered minor injuries in a head-on DUI crash near San Luis Obispo on Monday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 7 p.m., a... (Continue reading)

Wrong-way DUI driver arrested for DUI after fatal Paso Robles crash

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Investigators have determined the driver who went the wrong way on Highway 101 in Paso Robles Tuesday night and killed a person was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash.  Alvaro Alvizo Diaz,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police to conduct DUI patrols on Sunday

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo police officer plan to patrol for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Sunday, the department announced Saturday. Additional officers will be patrolling the streets from 7 p.m. to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police announce DUI patrols for Thursday

By KAREN VELIE Officers with the San Luis Obispo Police Department will be out looking for drivers suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs on Thursday night through Friday morning, the department announced Wednesday. Additional officers will... (Continue reading)

DUI driver tossed beer cans out of car, witnesses said

A DUI murder trial began Monday with multiple witnesses testifying that a driver and one of his passengers were tossing beer cans out of their car while their 16-year-old female friend lay dying in the roadway on the Cuesta Grade.... (Continue reading)