Eighteen people arrested for DUI at five different San Diego County checkpoints

Overnight checkpoints in Pacific Beach, National City and three North County cities said 18 people stand accused of drunken driving and other crimes as the Memorial Day weekend got underway.

Eight of the suspected drunken driving arrests occurred between 10:55 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. at or near a checkpoint in the 2400 block of Garnet Avenue, near Soledad Mountain Road at the east end of Pacific beach, according to San Diego police. California Highway Patrol officers assisted with the operation.

At a checkpoint in the 100 block of West Mission Road near Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos, depu...