California's zero tolerance law, the under-21 0.05% infraction, and a full misdemeanor DUI are three different things with three different consequences. Here is how each works, what the DMV does, and how young drivers in the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, and Orange County defend them.

California DUI law requires proof that you drove, and sleeping it off in a parked car is not driving. Here is how the Mercer rule works, when officers can still arrest you, how prosecutors try to prove driving circumstantially, and what to do if you were charged.

A practical guide to DUI cases from Yucca Valley, Twentynine Palms, Joshua Tree, and the rest of the Morongo Basin: the Highway 62 stop, booking, the 10-day DMV hearing deadline, arraignment at the Joshua Tree courthouse, military diversion for Marines, and the defenses that actually move these cases.

A DUI arrest in Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, or Laguna Beach usually lands at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. Here is what happens at arraignment, the DMV deadline most people miss, and how these cases are defended.

A second DUI within ten years in California is still a misdemeanor, but it carries mandatory jail, an 18-month program, a two-year DMV suspension, and an ignition interlock. Here is how the ten-year lookback works, what the court and the DMV do, and how second-offense cases are defended.

A DUI arrest on the 15 or the 40 near Barstow creates two cases at once: a criminal case at the Barstow courthouse and a DMV license case with a 10-day deadline. Here is how both work and what a defense looks like.

A DUI arrest by the CHP on Interstate 15 through the Cajon Pass or in Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, or Adelanto usually lands in the Victorville courthouse. Here is what happens next, the 10-day DMV deadline, and how these cases are defended.

A practical guide for drivers arrested for DUI in Redlands, Yucaipa, Loma Linda, Highland, or Mentone: who made the stop, the 10-day DMV hearing deadline, what happens at the San Bernardino Justice Center, and how first-offense DUI cases in the East Valley actually resolve.

Sobriety checkpoints are legal in California, but only when police follow the Ingersoll rules. Here is what you must do, what you can refuse, and how a defective checkpoint stop can get evidence thrown out.

California prosecutes driving under the influence of marijuana, prescription medication, and other drugs under Vehicle Code 23152(f) and (g). This guide explains the elements the prosecutor must prove, why there is no legal THC limit, how blood tests and drug recognition evaluations work, the defenses, and what happens to your license.

You can usually decline the roadside preliminary alcohol screening test, but refusing the chemical test after a lawful DUI arrest triggers a one-year license suspension and extra penalties under California's implied consent law. Here is how refusal actually works.

Most California DUIs are misdemeanors. This guide explains the three ways a DUI becomes a felony: DUI causing injury under Vehicle Code 23153, a fourth DUI within ten years, and a DUI after a prior felony DUI, plus the elements the prosecutor must prove, the defenses, the penalties, and the collateral consequences.

A South Bay guide to DUI cases at the Torrance courthouse: the 10-day DMV hearing deadline, arraignment, what prosecutors must prove, common defenses, and realistic outcomes.

Reckless driving under Vehicle Code section 23103 is a misdemeanor, not a traffic ticket. Learn the elements the prosecutor must prove, the defenses that work, the penalties and DMV consequences, and how a reckless driving charge differs from a wet reckless plea in a DUI case.

A practical guide to Orange County DUI cases heard at the West Justice Center in Westminster: the arrest, the 10-day DMV deadline, arraignment, plea offers, and the defenses that matter.

A practical guide to DUI cases from Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Cathedral City, La Quinta, and Indio: the Larson Justice Center, the DMV hearing deadline, first court dates, and the defenses that matter.

A wet reckless under Vehicle Code 23103.5 is the most common DUI reduction in California. This guide explains what it is, what it saves you, what it does not, and when a prosecutor in Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, or Orange County will offer one.

A practical guide to DUI cases at the Rancho Cucamonga courthouse for drivers arrested in Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, Fontana, Upland, Chino, and Chino Hills, including the 10-day DMV deadline, arraignment, plea offers, and defenses.

A practical guide to Ventura County DUI cases: the arrest, the 10-day DMV deadline, arraignment at the Ventura County Hall of Justice, plea offers, and the defenses that actually move cases.

A first DUI in California is two cases at once, a DMV suspension and a criminal charge, with a ten-day deadline most people miss. Here is what a lawyer actually changes and how to decide whether to hire one.