There is nothing scarier than a drunk driver

Jef Harmatz Send an email October 31, 2025

Halloween falls on a Friday this year, meaning the hi-desert is going to be extra spooky with locals, visitors, and massive amounts of children hitting the streets to trick or treat and generally celebrate America’s spookiest holiday. Amidst the ghouls, ghasts, ghosts and goblins, nothing is scarier than intoxicated driving.   

Z107.7 wants to remind you that if you’re imbibing, don’t be driving. 

Be it beer, wine, cannabis, kratom, legal or illegal drugs, or even too much candy, please think before you get behind the wheel. Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is a serious offense that can cost you more than $10,000 in fines, and at worst, can leave you or someone you love dead. 

DUI drivers who cause fatal accidents are now being prosecuted with murder. Our desert is full of long, dark, windy roads, and two DUIs in the last few months have led to murder charges.

If you’re planning to party this Halloween, think ahead, and arrange for yourself or one of your pals to be a designated driver, or consider taking Basin Transit or a rideshare option. We’re in the hi-desert, and you can always camp where you are.

Previously reported:

Two sent to hospital in suspected DUI-caused motorcycle and car collision in Twentynine Palms
Updated: Yucca Valley woman pleads not-guilty on multiple charges after suspected DUI and collision on Old Woman Springs Road
Jef Harmatz Send an email October 31, 2025
Jef Harmatz

Jef Harmatz

Jef Harmatz is the co-host of Z107.7’s “Morning Show with Cody and Jef” and Z107.7’s News Director. He has worked as a journalist, cartoonist, chef, and delivery driver. He is known nationally for his writing and comics in publications like TimeOut, Popula, Roadtrippers, Solrad and Spiralbound, and for his album covers for Third Eye Blind and Sir Sly. He is known locally for his pop-up barbecue restaurant Hot Dog Panic. He remains unknown in the field of beekeeping, because he is too afraid of being stung to try it. When not on the radio, he draws comics and self-publishes little books. He lives with his partner and his dog Sunday in Yucca Valley, where he cooks them both elaborate meals.