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EL CERRITO – A 37-year-old man hit a patrol car in the 800 block of Richmond Street. Luckily, the El Cerrito police officer sitting inside it didn’t sustain any injury. The vehicle crashed in the patrol car around 8:55 p.m. and escaped the scene after damaging the driver’s side door of the patrol car. The individual who was behind the wheel of the vehicle that struck the patrol car was intoxicated. The cops who were sent to the incident spot… Read More

PETALUMA – On Tuesday morning, CHP was making efforts to solve a kidnapping case and investigate a DUI accident that happened on U.S. Highway 101 in Sonoma County. 54-year-old Douglas Stevenson was driving his 1996 Volvo at a high rate of speed on northbound Highway 101 south of a gas station on Kastania Road when he failed to turn his vehicle properly from a curve and ran off the highway, over a ditch and stopped after entering into a field.buy… Read More

South San Francisco, CA – A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of El Camino Real and the entrance to the South San Francisco BART station resulted in two people being hospitalized. The incident took place Thursday. Both drivers suffered minor injuries and were taken away on ambulance. One of the injured is now facing felony DUI charges after the crash. According to a news release, a thorough police investigation revealed that one of the drivers was under the influence of… Read More

PETALUMA – According to police reports, 25-year-old Vincent McCarthy of Petaluma was arrested Tuesday in Petaluma for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol. The arrest took place after two businesses reported refusing to sell alcohol to him and his friend as they were too intoxicated. Both men were then reported to flee the businesses in their vehicle. McCarthy was arrested on suspicion of DUI and driving with a blood-alcohol level above .08 percent. Officers first responded when they received… Read More

ALBANY, NY – A two-week holiday crackdown on drivers who choose to drink and drive is planned by the New York State. The plan was announced on Thursday. The crackdown will be started from Friday and it will end on 1st of January. Sobriety checkpoints will be setup and the number of patrols will be increased with the help of marked and unmarked police vehicles. Cops will catch motorists driving under the influence of alcohol as well as those who… Read More

Local chef and restaurateur, 54-year-old Michael Chiarello, was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to officials, he also faced additional charges including possession of a controlled substance. The type of drug found on Chiarello could not be immediately identified and an investigation is ongoing. The incident took place around 3:27 a.m. at Yountville Cross Road and Silverado Trail near Yountville when Chiarello was pulled over and arrested by a California Highway Patrol officer. He was… Read More

PETALUMA – On Saturday night, a 42-year-old pedestrian died while crossing a street when a DUI driver hit him. Police told that the accident happened at about 10:55 p.m. Cops were sent to investigate the accident involving a pedestrian near the Petaluma Library on East Washington Street and Fairgrounds Drive. The cops found a man lying in the roadway and a white Mercedes utility van was stopped in the center of the road. The victim sustained life threatening injuries in… Read More

SAN JOSE – 26-year-old Taylor Hildreth of San Jose was arrested Thursday night after a suspected DUI crash that killed a bicyclist in San Jose. The incident took place in San Jose at around 9:41 p.m. at Auzerais Avenue and Drake Street. A preliminary investigation showed that the driver was driving a white 2005 Dodge west on Auzerais Avenue. The motorist allegedly drifted into the bike lane on the right, before he clipped a van and hit the cyclist. The… Read More

In an incident, a suspected drunken driver collided with a patrol car in Lakeside, hurting two California Highway Patrol officers as a result. The incident took place at the intersection of Los Coches Road. As the officers were driving through the intersection, a suspected drunken driver ran a red light on Julian Avenue. The incident took place at about 1 a.m. Friday. The officers were rushed to a local hospital and they had been released from the hospital by 6:30… Read More

On Thursday, 2 deadly accidents happened and a 62-year-old woman was critically injured in one of them. Police said that the accidents were not linked which involved rolled over vehicles and occurred in San Francisco’s Mission District. Cops approached the accident spot at about 3 p.m. that happened near Mission and 15th streets. They found a crashed SUV on the location. The SUV had hit 6 parked motor vehicles before it rolled over. The woman who sustained serious injuries was… Read More