World & Nation
The national preoccupation with drunk driving that in the early 1980s spawned dozens of state get-tough laws may have had only fleeting effect.
May 27, 1987
California
Mothers Against Drunk Driving honors 15 O.C. officers who made at least 100 DUI arrests in the past year.
Nov. 25, 1999
A Simi Valley man jailed on suspicion of drunk driving after a 26-year-old Thousand Oaks woman died in a fiery car collision last week near Moorpark was on probation for driving while intoxicated, court records show.
Dec. 28, 1993
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the freeway. . . .
Oct. 20, 1988
Advocates of harsher drunk-driving laws accuse defense attorney Richard Essen of freeing killers.
Nov. 2, 1986
A pilot program designed to reduce the number of drunk drivers by encouraging restaurants and bars to serve free, non-alcoholic drinks to “designated drivers” was announced Monday by the Orange County chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Oct. 28, 1986
If someone had too much to drink with dinner or at a party, Marsha Morse would always warn the person not to get behind the wheel.
Jan. 16, 1994
It’s all right to go out on the town and drink. And it’s also all right to drive.
Nov. 9, 1986
A Los Angeles man was found guilty Thursday of killing two young mothers in what is believed to be the first drunk-driving murder conviction in the South Bay.
June 17, 1988
A Buena Park man who has been convicted of drunk driving more than a dozen times has been charged with the same offense again and could be sentenced to 3 years in prison under a new state law, even though he has never injured anyone in an accident.
Jan. 21, 1989