CHP: Increase of DUI arrests during holiday season
The number is up from the 2008 total of 48 during the same
reporting period, which started Thursday at 6 p.m. and ended at 6 a.m. today.
The CHP has not reported any fatalities in the Bay Area during
their Maximum Enforcement Period. The holiday enforcement period ends at
midnight Sunday.
DUI arrests also have increased across California compared to last
year. CHP officers have arrested 549 drunken drivers, up from 409 at this
time in 2008.