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BEVERLY HILLS—On Wednesday, March 18, Lt. Kevin Orth, Public Information Officer with the Beverly Hills Police Department provided Canyon News results of a DUI Checkpoint the police department conducted on St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday.

A DUI checkpoint was held at North Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.

A total of 1580 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, and 316 were screened. Officers conducted one Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST), but the driver was not arrested for driving under the influence. Three drivers were cited for driving without a driver’s license.

DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the roads.

Funding for this checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

 

By Danny Jones

BEVERLY HILLS—On Tuesday, October 28, the Beverly Hills Police Department informed Canyon news via email the results of a DUI Checkpoint that was conducted on October 24. On Friday, October 24, a DUI checkpoint was held at North Santa Monica Boulevard and Crescent Drive from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

A total of 1,560 vehicles passed through the checkpoint, and 321 were screened. One driver was arrested for driving under the influence, and seven drivers were cited for driving without a driver’s license.

DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on reported incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the roads.

Funding for the checkpoint was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

 

By Danny Jones

 

 

BEVERLY HILLS—On Tuesday, March 5, Beverly Hills residents went to the polls to vote for new members of the Beverly Hills City Council. A total of 10 candidates were vying for 2 open seats being held by current councilmembers Mayor Julian A. Gold and Lili Bosse.

As of Wednesday, March 6, Craig Corman led all candidates with 23.73 percent of the vote (2,160). Currently in second place was Mary Wells with 19.68 percent of the vote (1,791) and in third place was Alissa Roston with 15.01 percent of the vote (1,366).

Sitting in fourth place is Myra Demeter with 12.03 percent of the vote (1,095) and Russell Stuart in fifth place with 11.64 percent of the vote (1,059).

Other candidates running included: Nooshin Meshkaty, Hamid Omrani, Tiffany Davis, Sharon Persovski and Robin Rowe. The city announced on its website that on Tuesday, April 2, the city will hold its installation ceremony for the new Mayor, Vice Mayor and Beverly Hills City Council.

The ceremony will take place at 7 p.m. at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. No official announcement has been made regarding the winners in Tuesday’s race.

By Trevor