6 Takeaways: California's Deadly Failure on Drunk Driving

6 takeaways: California's deadly failure on drunk driving

Masako Saenz didn’t just lose her 5-year-old son to a repeat drunk driver. Two decades later, the Sacramento mother lost her own life after being hit by a driver with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit. Her story is one of thousands that illustrate a stark — and deadly — reversal in how the state handles DUIs.  California was the birthplace of the modern movement against drunk driving in the 1980s. But over the past decade, alcohol-rela…

6 takeaways: California’s deadly failure on drunk driving

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Masako Saenz didn’t just lose her 5-year-old son to a repeat drunk driver. Two decades later, the Sacramento mother lost her own life after being hit by a driver with a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit. Her story is one of […] The post 6 takeaways: California’s deadly failure on drunk driving appeared first on The Almanac.

Terry CHARLEBOIS – Drunk Driving

(MIDLAND, ON) – A driver is facing impaired driving charges after failing to stop at a stop sign in Midland earlier today, marking the second such incident in the area in just three days. At approximately noon on October 29, 2025, a member of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was monitoring traffic at the intersection of Montreal and Eighth Streets, located within a designated Community Safety Zone. The …