{"id":246982,"date":"2026-04-01T17:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246982\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:27:10","slug":"fresno-police-to-hold-dui-checkpoint-friday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246982\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Police to Hold DUI Checkpoint Friday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fresno Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. at an undisclosed location aimed at removing impaired drivers from the road, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>Checkpoint locations are selected based on data showing higher incidents of impaired driving-related crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Police stressed that impairment isn\u2019t limited to alcohol; some prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as marijuana, can affect driving. Driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First-time DUI offenders face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties and a suspended license.<\/p>\n<p>The checkpoint is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fresno Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. at an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-246982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246982","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=246982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}