{"id":122026,"date":"2026-01-06T10:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T10:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:48:51","slug":"6-deaths-379-alleged-dui-arrests-and-5400-citations-in-new-years-enforcement-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/122026\/","title":{"rendered":"6 deaths, 379 alleged DUI arrests and 5,400+ citations in New Year&#8217;s enforcement period"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 During the <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/california-highway-patrol-increases-patrols-amid-record-rainfall-and-new-years-eve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2025 New Year&#8217;s Enforcement Period<\/a>, California Highway Patrol (CHP), six people died, 379 drivers were arrested for alleged DUI, and officers issued 5,458 citations.<\/p>\n<p>Speeding remained a significant concern, with 2,972 speeding citations issued, including 92 drivers caught traveling over 100 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, six fatal crashes happened within CHP jurisdiction. <\/p>\n<p>Speeding, impaired driving, and failure to wear seat belts continue to be leading factors in serious and fatal crashes. <\/p>\n<p>The CHP emphasized the importance of seat belt use, stating, &#8220;Seat belts save lives: every seat, every trip.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The agency urged drivers to buckle up, slow down, especially in adverse weather, and drive sober and focused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 During the 2025 New Year&#8217;s Enforcement Period, California Highway Patrol (CHP), six people died, 379&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-122026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}