{"id":435443,"date":"2026-08-17T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435443\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:06:08","slug":"8-arrested-for-dui-at-weekend-checkpoint-in-fresno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435443\/","title":{"rendered":"8 arrested for DUI at weekend checkpoint in Fresno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Eight people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a DUI checkpoint held on Saturday in Fresno. <\/p>\n<p>The checkpoint ran from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. at North Figarden Drive and Bullard Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/crime\/fresno-woman-arrested-for-dui-after-crash-with-3-children-in-car-east-clinton-avenue-and-north-effie-street-blood-alcohol-levels-child-endangerment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fresno woman arrested for DUI after crash with 3 children in car<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police contacted 507 vehicles during the operation. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to the DUI arrests, 18 drivers were cited for operating a vehicle unlicensed or with a suspended or revoked license.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said DUI checkpoint locations are based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. <\/p>\n<p>They said the primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the road.<\/p>\n<p>The next DUI enforcement operation is scheduled for this weekend, when another DUI checkpoint is planned.<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Eight people were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence during a DUI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-435443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435443","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=435443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}