Police to look for drunk drivers Costa...

Police to look for drunk drivers

Costa Mesa Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday night

on Harbor Boulevard.

The checkpoint will be in place from 9 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m.

Saturday, according to police. It will be at Harbor Boulevard and

Gisler Street.

Officers from the Costa Mesa Police Department and California

Highway Patrol will be checking drivers licenses and looking for

impaired drivers.

The checkpoint is designed to raise awareness of drunken-driving

issues, police said. It is being funded by a grant from the

California Office of Traffic Safety.

So far this year, four people have died and 51 have been injured

in alcohol-related accidents in Costa Mesa, according to police.