SAN DIEGO – California Highway Patrol officers made 47 drunken-driving arrests in San Diego County over the first 36 hours of the Thanksgiving weekend, three less than the same period a year ago, an agency official said Friday.
Statewide, there were 578 DUI arrests made by CHP officers from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 Friday morning, compared to 595 in the same period last year, the agency reported.


Seventeen people were killed in crashes reported by all law enforcement agencies in California during the period, compared to 19 last year, according to the CHP's updated report.
No fatal collisions occurred in San Diego County this year, compared to two reported in 2005, according to the CHP.

It's hard to say what's behind the slightly lower numbers, said Jim Bettencourt, the CHP's media information officer.

“By midnight Sunday, we'll see if the numbers are really down,” he said. “In a perfect world, (DUI arrest and auto fatalities) would be zero.”


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