CONTRA COSTA COUNTY – The California Highway Patrol’s Contra Costa Area office announced it will conduct a combined sobriety and driver-license checkpoint on Friday, May 30, 2025, at an undisclosed location somewhere within Contra Costa County.
“The goal … is to ensure the safe passage of each and every motorist by targeting roads where there is a high frequency of intoxicated or unlicensed drivers,” the CHP said in a social-media notice posted Wednesday. The agency described checkpoints as “a proven effective tool” that supplements routine patrols.
How—and why—checkpoints work
During a checkpoint, officers briefly stop vehicles traveling in one direction of traffic, looking for signs of impairment or a suspended license……