While many California families paused from school and work to enjoy a spring break, California Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents (ABC) were busy wrapping up undercover investigations that resulted in the suspension of liquor licenses at four San Francisco Bay Area locations. The longest suspension was issued to Dimples Cocktail Lounge on Post Street in San […]
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ABC Agents Link Fatal DUI Crash To Mountain View Bar
MOUNTAIN VIEW – On March 27, 2014, agents of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) posted a notice of suspension at Zen Lounge, located at 251 Castro Street in Mountain View. The bar, will not be allowed to sell alcohol for 15 days. The penalty is the result of an ABC “Target Responsibility […]
Undercover Inside Michelle’s Bar in Corona
When Alcoholic Beverage Control agents went undercover inside Michelle’s Bar on West 6th Street in Corona, they discovered there was a lot more going on inside than the consumption of beer, wine and spirits. As a result of their investigation, they arrested six people, suspended the bar’s liquor for 30 days and placed the premises […]
Statewide Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation Nets 544
On Saturday, March 15, agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and officers from at least 109 local police and sheriff’s departments joined forces in a Statewide Decoy Shoulder Tap Operation. The operation resulted in 544 citations and arrests during a major effort to keep alcohol away from the under-21 set and […]
169 Arrested At Super Cross Event
SAN DIEGO – Furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors and public drunkenness were not tolerated at the Super Cross Event in San Diego Saturday, February 8, 2014. Eighty law enforcement officers, including Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents from six offices, teamed up with San Diego County sheriff’s deputies and San Diego police officers to make 169 […]
Alcohol Stings & Drunk Decoy Operation – Part of ABC’s Holiday Season Enforcement
December is a busy time for Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents as they work to keep alcoholic beverages from underage drinkers and those who have already had too much. ABC agents cited 21 people in Petaluma December 3 through 6 for selling or serving alcohol to a minor. With an underage decoy, agents visited 76 […]
ABC Agents Revoke Liquor License At Rancho Cafe In Sylmar
California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents pulled the liquor license from Rancho Cafe in Sylmar following a joint investigation with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Agents posted a Notice of Revocation at the bar on November 21, 2013. By revoking the liquor license, the owners are no longer allowed to serve alcohol. During the […]
ABC Agents: There’s No Shortage of People Selling, Serving or Providing Alcohol To Underage Decoys
When our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA ) members who are Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents set out with local law enforcement officers and underage decoys November 14 and 15, they found there was no shortage of people willing to sell, serve or provide alcohol to someone under 21. In decoy operations in Bakersfield, […]
Liquor License Suspended at Likely Saloon
The Likely Saloon, a restaurant and bar along Highway 395 in Modoc County, is not allowed to sell alcohol for 35 days following an investigation by California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Agents. ABC agents investigating a September 2011, solo-vehicle crash that injured the 18-year-old driver and claimed the life of a 19-year-old passenger determined the […]
ABC Agents At Work: Liquor Store Clerk Found Guilty
A Clovis man faces up to 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of being in the United States illegally and in possession of a firearm. On November 7, 2013, after a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Jaswinder Singh, 24 of Clovis. Singh was arrested in August 2012 while working at […]