According to reports in late January, the San Mateo County Superior Court  will cut up to two dozen jobs and suspend the majority of services in the South San Francisco and San Mateo branches.  They will also be closing five courtrooms.  It is assumed that most of the courtrooms being closed will be in the [...]

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San Francisco Courts have recently increased their monitoring of those facing DUI charges.  Those facing felony      DUI charges, or facing misdemeanor DUI charges with very high blood alcohol levels or prior convictions, are           being given extra conditions to stay out of jail after their first court date.
Judges are [...]

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SB 289 has just been introduced, and if passed would create a zero tolerance policy for any drugs found in a drivers blood.  The bill claims that drivers with a prescription for the drugs in their system will be exempt.
This bill is an attempt to make it easier for prosecutors to convict people for driving [...]

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News:  FEB 13, 2012
In most Bay Area counties, if you or your lawyer show up to court for your first DUI court date (arraignment), there are a number of things that can happen.  Usually a not guilty plea is entered and the lawyer fights the case.  However, sometimes the District Attorney’s office has not filed [...]

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Thanksgiving DUI Arrests decrease in 2011

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NEWS:  November 19, 2009
CHP DUI enforcement in Oakland and San Francisco has recently increased on the Bay Bridge.  The newly installed “S-Curve,” or as I heard a radio host this morning refer to it as “Mess-Curve,” has resulted in an increase of CHP enforcement.  The new section of the San Francisco to Oakland connection is [...]

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NEWS: October 1, 2009
The San Francisco Bay Area DUI law office of Aaron Bortel is NOW available to handle all DUI and DWI in San Mateo, Sonoma, Contra Costa, and Alameda counties.
If you’ve been arrested in any of these bay area counties, top lawyer help is available, with a free case evaluation.
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According to CHP, the number of arrests for DUI in the Bay Area from 6PM Wednesday, December 31 2008 to 6AM Thursday January 1, 2009 is double the number from the same period last year.  This year there were 84 Drunk Driving arrests in the San Francisco Bay Area, compared to 41 Drunk Driving arrests [...]

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Examiner – A San Francisco man died early Saturday morning after a suspected drunken driver made an unsafe lane change and rear-ended the man’s motorcycle on the Bay Bridge, the California Highway Patrol said.
Ryan Willis Jones, 30, was headed eastbound in the tunnel just west of Treasure Island around 5 a.m. when he was knocked [...]

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