Police arrest a woman they say caused an accident while driving without a valid license, and under the influence of alcohol.

It happened on State Route 154 at Paradise Road at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday. The California Highway Patrol says 28-year-old Adriana Ponces of Newbury Park crashed into another vehicle while she attempted to make a left-hand turn at a stop sign.

The CHP says Ponces had four passengers in the car. The driver of the other vehicle had no passengers.

All six people were taken to the hospital for minor to major injuries.

Under California DUI law the suspect can face a broad range of penalties. She would be well advised to contact a California DUI lawyer.

A man has rolled his mini van causing injuries to 3 children and 1 adult women. He was charged with Palm Springs DUI.

The DUI suspect was also injured in the wreck. His injuries included a broken leg. Because of the compound fracture, the highway patrol said he could not be booked into jail. So instead of going to the Riverside County jail, he went to the hospital.

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California Highway patrol officers were called to a two-vehicle accident on Highway 190 at Road 208 early Thursday morning for an accident that partially blocked the highway for several hours.

Chua Yang, 19, of Lindsay, was driving a 2001 Ford Mustang south on Road 208, just north of Highway 190, while intoxicated, at about 5:05 a.m. CHP reports. Meanwhile Roy E. Battles, 51, of Springville, was driving a 1997 International tractor-trailer rig west on Highway 190.

Yang did not stop at the posted stop sign at the intersection of Road 208 and Highway 190 and tried to turn east onto the highway, into the path of the big rig, CHP reports.

The big rig hit the Mustang, which came to rest in the eastbound lane of the highway. The big rig overturned on the south shoulder of the highway just west of Road 208.

A passenger in the Mustang, Andrea M. Massaro, 18, of Porterville, suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Sierra View District Hospital for treatment.

Yang and Battles each suffered minor injuries, with Yang taken to Sierra View and Battles not requiring immediate care.

Eastbound traffic on Highway 190 was blocked for several hours while the overturned trailer was unloaded and righted.

Yang was arrested on suspicion of felony driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs causing injury to another, and was booked at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility.

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The undersecretary who oversees California parolees and adult and juvenile prisons has been arrested on suspicion of Sacramento drunk driving while in a state vehicle.

The California Highway Patrol stopped the 47-year-old  for speeding shortly after 8 p.m. Sunday near Rancho Murieta, the rural Sacramento County community where he lives. Officer Michael Bradley said his blood alcohol level exceeded 0.08, the legal limit. The CHP would not release the precise level.

Sacramento DUIs Have Big Consequences…

Corrections department spokesman Seth Unger says Kernan is on personal leave awaiting discipline, which could range from a suspension to the loss of his job. He says it is unclear if Kernan was on state business when he was arrested for Sacramento DUI.

The official is free on $1,480 bail and is awaiting a July 16 arraignment. He was appointed as one of three undersecretaries in the corrections department in November 2008.

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For the second Memorial Day weekend in a row, drunken-driving arrests in Monterey County more than doubled, officials said Tuesday.

During the Avoid The 18 crackdown, police officers, sheriff’s deputies and California Highway Patrol officers arrested 49 motorists on suspicion of driving under the influence, up from last year’s 21. In 2007, officers made 10 DUI arrests over the holiday weekend.

The enforcement sweep, which included a DUI checkpoint in Salinas and increased patrols around the county, started Friday and ended Monday night.

Lynn says additional state grant money from the California Office of Traffic Safety allowed law enforcement agencies to increase patrol hours, and thus boost arrest numbers.

“With more units out there, we’re able to catch more,” he said.

More California Memorial Day DUI Arrests

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The Tuolumne County CHP recorded seven driving-under-the-influence arrests over the three day Memorial Day weekend.

The CHP’s 78 hour Maximum Enforcement Period started at 6pm Friday and ended Monday midnight.

In addition to the seven DUI arrests, the CHP also dealt with the Saturday 5:30pm double fatality accident on Hwy 120 between the Yosemite Junction and Chinese Camp.

A 26 year old Sacramento man driving a 1995 Dodge Intrepid was killed along with a two year old girl when their car was involved in a head on collision caused by 39 year old Gregory Ruccello of Turlock who crossed over a double yellow center line in an effort to pass another vehicle.

According to CHP Officer Tom Wills 12 people have now lost their lives on Tuolumne County roadways this year. Last year there were only three recorded deaths in the county.

In Calaveras County eight arrests for driving-under-the-influence were made over the three day weekend. Calaveras County experienced no fatalities during the 78 hour M.E.P.

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