DUI Checkpoints Planned In Hollywood This Weekend

LOS ANGELES, 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 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 will take place from 6 to 11 p.m. at the following locations:

Thursday, Aug. 21

• Florence Avenue and Main Street in South LA

Friday, Aug. 22

• Imperial Highway and Main Street in South LA
• Roscoe Boulevard and Woodman Avenue in Panorama City
• Santa Monica Boulevard and Bronson Avenue in Hollywood

Additionally, the LAPD will deploy additional officers looking out for drunken drivers in saturation patrols as follows:

Sunday, Aug. 24

• noon to 8 p.m. in the Devonshire Area (which includes Chatsworth and Northridge and parts of Canoga Park, Granada Hills and Winnetka)

Friday, Aug. 22

• 3 to 11 p.m. in the Olympic Area in Central LA