{"id":330643,"date":"2026-05-24T16:19:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330643\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:19:30","slug":"chp-to-launch-memorial-day-enforcement-period-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330643\/","title":{"rendered":"CHP to launch Memorial Day enforcement period Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The California Highway Patrol announced its holiday enforcement period this Memorial Day weekend, reminding everyone to not drink and drive and wear seat belts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The period is set to run from 6 p.m. Friday, May 22, through 11:59 p.m. Monday, May 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/man-sentenced-12-years-killing-190423382.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Man sentenced to 12 years for killing grandmother;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Man sentenced to 12 years for killing grandmother&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Man sentenced to 12 years for killing grandmother <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers across California will be on patrol looking for reckless and impaired drivers, according to CHP. They will also promote seat belt safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last Memorial Day weekend, over 1,100 drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, CHP said. Officers investigated 22 fatal crashes in California, with many of those killed not wearing seat belts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">CHP reminded everyone to wear their seat belts, never drive impaired and secure children in proper car seats or booster seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The California Highway Patrol announced its holiday enforcement period this Memorial Day weekend, reminding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,859,129986,137191,137190],"class_list":["post-330643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-california-highway-patrol","tag-memorial-day-weekend","tag-seat-belt-safety","tag-seat-belts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330643","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=330643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}