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New Year's tally: 25 killed, 1,270 DUI arrests across state

Four people were killed and and 274 suspected drunken drivers were arrested in Los Angeles County over the New Year's holiday, according to figures from the California Highway Patrol. Across ...
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Rabbi remains in critical condition after being struck by car

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Fillmore man dies in car accident

A 49-year-old Fillmore man was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning in an unincorporated part of Ventura County near Piru. James William Lacotts was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:15 ...
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LAPD looks for hit-and-run driver who injured USC student

Los Angeles police Wednesday were looking for a driver who seriously injured a USC student in a vehicle accident in East Hollywood and fled the scene. The 21-year-old student was riding a motorcycle ...
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Simi Valley woman arrested on suspicion of DUI after injury crash

A 43-year-old woman was arrested Saturday evening after crashing her vehicle while allegedly being under the influence of alcohol, causing her passenger to be injured, Simi Valley police said. Donna ...
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Ventura woman pleads no contest to leaving scene of fatal accident

A 44-year-old Ventura woman who pleaded no contest to leaving the site of a fatal accident will be sentenced next year. On March 5, Shannon Richard struck and killed Jose Luis Carmona, 40, of Santa ...
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Grandmother drove drunk with grandsons in car, police say

A 55-year-old grandmother has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk with her three grandchildren, one of whom fell out of the car while it was moving. Marie Shipley, of Lancaster, was booked on ...
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Two killed in accident near MacArthur Park; driver arrested

Two men died and another was arrested on charges of murder and drunk driving in an accident near MacArthur Park, west of downtown Los Angeles, early Saturday. Coroner’s officials identified one ...
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Four children discharged after alleged DUI crash in Lancaster

Four of six children injured in an alleged drunk-driving crash in Lancaster have been released from the hospital, while two remain hospitalized, one in critical condition, authorities said Monday. ...
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Suspected drunk driver hits police cruiser

A suspected drunk driver slammed into an LAPD patrol car early Wednesday morning in South Los Angeles and then tried to flee the scene. The driver of a pickup truck was heading south on Main Street ...
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Barron Hilton ordered to pay $4.9 million in drunk-driving case

Barron Hilton, the younger brother of Paris Hilton, has been ordered to pay $4.9 million to a former gas station attendant he struck with his Mercedes-Benz. The July 7 judgment in the civil lawsuit ...
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Suspected drunk driver injures pregnant woman

A suspected drunk driver who collided with several cars and then fled, leaving an injured and pregnant passenger behind, was in custody Wednesday morning, police said. Police tried to pull the man ...
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Simi man gets 18 years in prison for fatal drunken-driving crash

A 28-year-old Simi Valley man was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for causing the death of a Newbury Park teen and injuring two others in a wrong-way, drunken-driving crash in 2009. Hector ...
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Actress Estella Warren charged with DUI, resisting arrest

Los Angeles prosecutors charged actress and model Estella Warren with driving under the influence, hit-and-run, battery on a police officer and resisting a police officer during a May incident in ...
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Man arrested on DUI charge after death of 5-year-old

A man, Robert M. Rivera, who authorities said struck and killed a 5-year-old child while driving his truck in a Huntington Park neighborhood Sunday was later arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. ...
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Arrest warrant issued for Long Beach fire captain in alleged drunk-driving crash

An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for a Long Beach fire captain who allegedly was drunk when he hit and severely injured a bicyclist. John David Hines, 38, was driving drunk in his pickup truck ...
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2 Azusa officers fire on suspected drunk driver involved in crash

Azusa police officers fired on an allegedly drunk driver Wednesday who crashed his car into at least three condominiums. Two officers shot at the man, who has not been identified, but did not strike ...
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Teen with history of driving offenses arrested on suspicion of DUI after Torrance cyclists are hit

A South Bay teen, Jaclyn Andrea Garcia, with a history of traffic offenses has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after her car allegedly plowed into a group of Torrance bikers. ...
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Music editor sentenced to one year for drunk-driving and vehicular manslaughter

Movie and TV music editor Mark David Skillingberg was sentenced Friday to one year in jail for a 2009 drunk-driving accident that killed a 72-year-old Culver City man, Gebregziabher Gabremadhin. ...
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Christina Aguilera arrested for public drunkenness in West Hollywood

Singer Christina Aguilera was arrested on suspicion of public drunkenness early Tuesday morning. Around 2:45 a.m., deputies initiated a DUI investigation after noticing a motorist driving erratically ...
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Man arrested for DUI and running into an Ojai home Wednesday

A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he crashed through a fence and struck an Ojai home early this morning. The driver was heading north on Grandview Avenue in Ojai ...
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Two killed by wrong-way driver in Anaheim

A 26-year-old man, Alan Reyes, and 24-year-old woman, Vanessa Cease, were killed by a wrong-way driver Wednesday on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim. The two were killed a little after 1 a.m. when Anthony ...
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