The bipartisan effort aims to place harsher penalties on first-time offenders and to close a loophole that allowed drunk drivers in deadly crashes to avoid jail time.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The state of California gave Sylvester Conway every opportunity to kill. He already had two DUI convictions by 2019, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The epidemic of drunk driving skyrocketed over the last decade by more than 50% in the State of California. Many point to lenient laws as the reason. State data shows drivers ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California used to be a leader in the anti-drunk driving movement. A Sacramento mother started MADD, helping create ...

Alcohol-related roadway deaths in California have shot up by more than 50% in the past decade — an increase more than twice as steep as the rest of the country, federal estimates show. More than 1,300 ...

California is facing a wave of deaths caused by drivers under the influence (DUI), with experts citing the state’s soft-on-crime policy as the cause, according to CalMatters. In 2023, 1,355 people ...

California used to be a leader in the anti-drunk driving movement. A Sacramento mother started MADD, helping create some of the nation’s toughest DUI laws in the 1980s. They worked: California cut ...