A man who drove drunk and headed the wrong way down a Lemon Grove street, crashing head-on into another vehicle, was sentenced Friday to eight years in state prison.
James Mendias, 29, pleaded guilty to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other charges for the crash that killed Tonia Silva, 36.
Silva was the front seat passenger of a Ford Explorer that Mendias crashed into around 8 p.m. on June 29, 2025 in the 8400 block of Broadway…