{"id":215294,"date":"2026-03-11T19:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215294\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T19:28:13","slug":"dui-checkpoint-planned-in-san-pedro-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/215294\/","title":{"rendered":"DUI Checkpoint Planned In San Pedro This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES, CA \u2014 The Los Angeles Police Department will ramp up drunken-driving enforcement this weekend with a series of DUI checkpoints and extra patrols across the city beginning Thursday night, including in San Pedro.<\/p>\n<p>The DUI checkpoint locations target areas with a record of impaired driving-related crashes and arrests. Police will also be checking to ensure drivers are properly licensed, according to the LAPD.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Los Angeles Police Department reminds the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol,&#8221; department officials said in a written release. &#8220;Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to the LAPD.<\/p>\n<p>The checkpoints and patrols will take place as follows:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES, CA \u2014 The Los Angeles Police Department will ramp up drunken-driving enforcement this weekend with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-215294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215294","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=215294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}