WOODLAND – California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents posted a 30-Day Notice of Suspension at Kenny’s Bar and Grill in Woodland on March 30, 2016 following an investigation with Woodland police into crimes and calls for service at the location. From January 2014 through December 2015, police responded to Kenny’s for incidents involving fights, assaults, […]
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ABC Agents Proactive Approach to Keeping Californians Safe
“It’s not just furnishing alcohol to minors that we find during these decoy shoulder tap operations, we make arrests for illegal drug possession, DUIs, parole violations and outstanding warrants.” – Kevin Highbaugh, CABCA president & ABC agent AUBURN – When California Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents (CABCA) President Kevin Highbaugh set out with fellow ABC Agent […]
ABC Agents Tackle Underage Drinking With Annual Statewide Decoy Operation
“A great day would be a hundred percent compliance. Is that realistic? Probably not. I’d prefer if everybody just said no and we went home with a bunch of people that were compliant. But realistically, it’s not going to happen. Somebody is going to say yes and buy alcohol for one of these minors.” – […]
CSLEA and CABCA Meet with Senate President pro Tem Kevin de Leon
SACRAMENTO – On March 8, 2015, leadership representatives from California Statewide Law Enforcement Association(CSLEA) and California Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents (CABCA) met with Senate President pro Tem Kevin de Leon in his office at the State Capitol to discuss the agent retention issue at California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) and Assembly Bill 2165 regarding […]
ABC Agents Arrest Two in Drug Bust at Citrus Heights Bar
CITRUS HEIGHTS – A Citrus Heights bar and grill is now closed following a lengthy undercover drug investigation by California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents which concluded with the arrests of two employees accused of selling cocaine on the premises. ABC Agents served a search warrant at the Inferno Sports Bar & Grill on […]
ABC Agents Spend New Years in Below Freezing Temps For Snow Globe Assignment
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE/STATELINE- Fourteen California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents packed their bags for a long New Year’s holiday assignment in South Lake Tahoe and Stateline in order to enforce alcoholic beverage control laws and assist local agencies with the annual Snow Globe event and the increased number of party-goers. “There is no question this […]
ABC Agents Identify Those Suspected of Providing Alcohol to 19-Year-Old Suspected DUI Driver
REDDING – Four young people in Shasta County, only one of them of legal drinking age, face charges of furnishing alcohol to minors after one of the minors was involved in a two-car collision in which he and two others suffered major injuries. The crash happened in Redding in the early morning hours on December […]
Shop With A Cop – CSLEA Members Treat Kids To A Holiday Shopping Experience
ROSEVILLE – There is no mistaking the smiles of children whose holiday season has just grown brighter thanks to an exciting excursion with law enforcement officers to shop for Christmas. “This is the first year that California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has been involved in this great program, ” said Kevin Highbaugh. Highbaugh, an ABC […]
CSLEA and CABCA Continue to Make the Case to Address ABC Agent Retention Problem
SACRAMENTO – It is no secret that the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has had a difficult time in retaining agents. ABC invests approximately $100,000 in the first year of training of new agents, both at the academy and in the field. However, it is quite common for these new hires to take their training […]
ABC Agents Shut Down After-Hours, Underground Night Club
OAKLAND- How did patrons know they could buy drinks all night long at a club in a basement in Oakland called “Studio 361”? Social media. How did California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents and Oakland Police officers discover it? Citizen complaints. That’s when agents and officers went in undercover and discovered a bar scene where […]
