DUI

Getting arrested on a DUI charge can be scary. Besides possibly spending the night in jail, you are facing the loss of your driving privileges, hundreds of dollars in fines and court costs, and possibly your freedom. Especially if you have a prior offense or two on...

Because Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer and the final three-day weekend of the season, it's a popular day to hold parties, barbeques and other get-togethers. Labor Day festivities often involve drinking alcohol, which law enforcement in San Diego knows all...

On a recent Friday night, the San Diego County Sheriff's office held a DUI checkpoint in Poway. Deputies set up at an intersection and stopped passing motorists to check them for possible alcohol and/or marijuana impairment, as well as suspended or revoked driver's...

I was speaking with my colleague Eve Maestre.  She encouraged me to write something about DMV APS hearings.  Instead, I thought I would write about how someone can keep driving and stay on the road after you have been arrested on a San Diego DUI driving under the...

For most DUI offenses, perhaps the harshest part of the sentence is losing your driver's license. Without a legal license, you cannot drive to work, take your kids to school, or run most errands yourself -- at least, not without risking an arrest for driving on a...

If you're a member of the military and you were given a DUI in San Diego County, you may be interested in the military diversion program. San Diego County has one of the largest concentrations of active and veteran military servicemen. Diversion has historically been...

Medical marijuana helps thousands of people in San Diego deal with symptoms of serious illnesses like cancer, AIDS, anorexia and chronic migraines. Cannabis has been legal in California for medical purposes since 1996, while driving while under the influence of...

Hopefully, you had a pleasant Fourth of July holiday this year and got to spend time outdoors with family and friends -- not locked up in a jail cell on DUI charges. For about 1,000 Californians, the latter was how they passed at least part of the long holiday weekend...

A DUI conviction is meant, in part, to punish the driver for their actions. But when someone drives after becoming intoxicated at a bar, restaurant or nightclub, they did not get the alcohol out of thin air. The establishment sold it to them, let them drink it on...

As part of a sentence for a DUI crime, the judge might order you to attend a victim impact panel. Unless you have been part of one before, you might not have heard of victim impact panels or what happens during one. The basics of a victim impact panel Essentially, a...