See the update at the end of this post about Anaheim Police also announcing they'll run a DUI checkpoint tonight.

ORIGINAL POST, MAY 24, 8 A.M.: Another long holiday weekend, another opportunity for law enforcement to pull boozy drivers off the roads.

Orange County police agencies have several anti-DUI operations planned beginning tonight with checkpoints in Placentia, Buena Park, Costa Mesa and Rancho Santa Margarita.

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It's a good thing Lindsay Lohan blew off Morningside Recovery for the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage because the Newport Beach rehab may have closed with her in it!

Following an Orange County Superior Court judge's preliminary ruling that the Lido Village location violates city law, Newport Beach is now going back to court to force the closure of Morningside and six other rehabs.

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Young

Titus Young only played two NFL seasons, both with the Detroit Lions. But he must've set an NFL record of some sorts this past week by being arrested on three separate occasions: in Moreno Valley for DUI and attempting to steal his possessed car from an impound lot early last week, and for burglary, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer this past Friday in San Clemente.

And while those pansies in the Moreno Valley let Young go off easy, the Orange County's Sheriff's Department ain't so nice: they want to charge Young with a couple of felonies.

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They say drinking and driving don't mix, but for the late Michael Delgadillo drinking, driving and texting didn't mix either. The Newport Beach Police Department, which is investigating the Costa Mesa Police detective's fatal, single-car crash on March 5, has disclosed that besides driving with a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent, Delgadillo was texting and not wearing a seatbelt before he met his end.

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Gotcha Mr. Gotcha!

Michael Elliot Tomson, the 58-year-old co-founder of the Gotcha surfwear brand, has been charged with felony DUI and possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor being under the influence of drugs following a traffic accident Monday in Laguna Beach.

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See the update on page 2 with stats from Costa Mesa's DUI checkpoint.

ORIGINAL POST, APRIL 26, 2:29 P.M.: While they may not pack as extreme a nightmare as, say, playing an Angel game at the Big A at the same time Rihanna is singing in the Honda Center and the last remnants of the evening rush hour are just trying to get home, events are conspiring to potentially cause Costa Mesa-Newport Beach motoring headaches through the weekend. Sobriety checkpoints in both cities are only partly to blame and--oh yeah--Huntington Beach and Mission Viejo have DUI stops of their own.

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Costa Mesa Police Det. Michael Delgadillo, who died in a single-car collision last month, had a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent, according to the Orange County coroner.

That's nearly twice the legal limit, as any cop flunking you on the touch-the-nose test will tell you.

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A driver found guilty in February of murder, DUI and forging prescriptions was sentenced today to 17 years to life in state prison.

Asked in January if a murder count for the DUI-related slaying of a pedestrian was proper, Weekly readers engaged in a lively debate in our comments section.

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Some recent sobriety checkpoints in Orange County netted no or very few DUI arrests despite thousands of cars passing through them. Interpret that as you will--they're working or they're unnecessary--not that it matters what you think as more stops are coming, starting tonight in Santa Ana and Garden Grove.

Other strategies aimed at countering impaired or distracted motoring continue through the end of the month.

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Jean Ervin Soriano, the 18-year-old DUI driver accused of causing a crash that killed five people in Nevada, escaped March 1 from the Youth Guidance Center in Santa Ana, according to a television news report.

Further details on how Soriano managed to leave the juvenile-detention facility have not been released, the station adds.

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