{"id":386322,"date":"2026-07-04T20:19:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386322\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T20:19:07","slug":"increased-dui-patrols-across-san-diego-county-for-july-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386322\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased DUI patrols across San Diego County for July 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO (CNS) \u2014 San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputies are conducting increased impaired driving patrols today and throughout the Independence Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Office wants you to celebrate responsibly this Fourth of July holiday by saying no to impaired driving,&#8221; the SDSO said in a statement. &#8220;So far in 2026, 4,068 people have been arrested for driving under the influence in San Diego County. The Sheriff&#8217;s Office has made 593 of those arrests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Driving under the influence doesn&#8217;t just mean alcohol. It also means driving under the influence of prescription drugs or marijuana, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A reminder: choose a sober way to go. If you do drink, be sure to<br \/>have a designated driver, ride-sharing service or taxi ready,&#8221; the SDSO said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An impaired driving arrest and conviction can cost more than $15,000 in legal and court fees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the Fourth of July impaired driving patrols was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026, City News Service, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (CNS) \u2014 San Diego County Sheriff&#8217;s Office deputies are conducting increased impaired driving patrols today and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[852,29555,155820,118909,123032,155821,74,34420,76,75,302],"class_list":["post-386322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chp","tag-dui-arrests","tag-dui-patrols","tag-independence-day","tag-july-4","tag-marijuana-arrests","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county-sheriff","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sdsu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386322","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=386322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}