Another new law addresses impaired driving. Assembly Bill 1087, authored by Republican Assemblymember Joe Patterson, increases probation terms from two years, with their sentencing, to three to five years for drivers who kill someone while driving under the influence.

Jenia Resha Belt, a 33-year-old security guard, is charged with one felony count each of murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

Braun Levi, an 18-year-old South Bay tennis standout, was struck and killed May 4 by a drunk driver with a previous DUI conviction, prosecutors say.

"I'm here sharing the statement today because the life of our beautiful 18-year-old son, Braun Levi, brutally and senselessly ended in a preventable tragedy," Jennifer Levi said.

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 people die each year statewide in drunken collisions.

The mother of Braun Levi urges California lawmakers to strengthen DUI laws after prosecutors charged a repeat offender in the teen’s death.

Nearly 40K people have died and more than 2 million have been injured on California roads over the past decade, according to a Dec. 11 CalMatters investigation.

The state of California gave Sylvester Conway every opportunity to kill. He already had two DUI convictions by 2019, when the California Highway Patrol arrested him for driving drunk in Fresno County. The jail released him three days later. Conway didn’t ...