DUI Checkpoints Planned In Hollywood, Across Los Angeles This Weekend

HOLLYWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles Police Department will ramp up drunken-driving enforcement this weekend with a series of DUI checkpoints and extra patrols across the city — including in Hollywood — beginning Thursday night.

The DUI checkpoint locations target areas with a record of impaired driving-related crashes and arrests. Police will also be checking to ensure drivers are properly licensed, according to the LAPD.

"The Los Angeles Police Department reminds the public that impaired driving is not just from alcohol," department officials said in a written release. "Some prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs may interfere with driving. While medicinal and recreational marijuana are legal, driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal."

Drivers charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license, according to the LAPD.

The checkpoints and patrols will take place:

Thursday — checkpoint from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• Northeast area

Friday — checkpoints from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• Glenoaks Boulevard and Truesdale Street
• Florence and La Salle avenues
• Sunset Boulevard and Orange Grove Avenue

Saturday — checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

• Western Avenue and 6th Street

Sunday — saturation patrols from noon to 8 p.m.

• North Hollywood area
• Topanga areas