DUI Checkpoints Planned In Venice 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, including in Venice.

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 at the following locations and times:

Thursday

• Checkpoint — 6 to 11 p.m. at Gage Street and Central Avenue in South Los Angeles
• Checkpoint — 6 to 11 p.m. at Van Nuys Boulevard and Beachy Avenue, off the 5 Freeway in Arleta

Friday

• Checkpoint — 6 to 11 p.m. at Venice Boulevard and Ocean Avenue in Venice

Saturday

• Checkpoint — 6 to 11 p.m. at Parthenia Street and Haskell Avenue in North Hills
• Saturation patrol — 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the South Bureau area

Sunday

• Saturation patrol — noon to 8 p.m. in the Foothill area (La Tuna Canyon, Lake View Terrace, Pacoima, Shadow Hills, Sun Valley, Sunland and Tujunga)
• Checkpoint — 6 to 11 p.m. at Manchester Avenue and Main Street in South LA

Monday

• Saturation patrol — 3 to 11 p.m. in the Olympic Area (Koreatown and Arlington Heights)