LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Only a few drunk driving arrests were made in Lake County over the Christmas holiday, with no major crashes reported, according to the California Highway Patrol.

As it does each year, the CHP conducted a maximum enforcement period during the Christmas holiday, from Friday, Dec. 23, through the night of Monday, Dec. 26.

The enforcement puts all available officers on local roads, where they focus on impaired drivers and look for speeding, seat belt violations, distracted drivers and motorists needing help.

Sgt. Steve Krul of the CHP's Clear Lake Area office said there were two drunk driving arrests made in Lake County during the Christmas enforcement period, compared with two in 2015 and four in 2014.

Across the CHP's Northern Division – which covers 13 Northern California counties and 17 area units – there were 30 total DUI arrests during the Christmas holiday, Krul said.

There were a total of two crash fatalities reported in the Northern Division during that enforcement period, occurring in the Willows Area, according to Krul.

Another maximum enforcement period was held from the evening of Friday, Dec. 30, through late Monday, Jan. 2.

However, with Monday having been a state holiday, Krul said he did not yet have the statistics for the New Year's holiday enforcement period.

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