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A DUI arrest anywhere in Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, or Temple City is filed at the same place: the Alhambra Courthouse, home to the Los Angeles County Superior Court's Northeast District. If you were stopped by Alhambra PD, Monterey Park PD, San Gabriel PD, or an LA County Sheriff's deputy out of Temple Station, this is where your case will be arraigned and heard — and the clock to protect your driver's license is already running.
Alhambra Courthouse — court & DMV details
Why your case is here
The Alhambra Courthouse's own jurisdiction statement names exactly four cities: Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, and Temple City. Three of them police themselves — Alhambra PD, Monterey Park PD, and San Gabriel PD are each independent municipal departments, not contracted out to the County. Temple City is the exception: it has no police department of its own and instead contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, patrolled out of Temple Station on Las Tunas Drive. On the freeways threading through the area — the 710, the 10, and the 60 — the California Highway Patrol's East Los Angeles Area Office, based in nearby Monterey Park, has jurisdiction. Whichever agency made the stop, a DUI arrest from any of these four cities lands at the same Commonwealth Avenue courthouse, usually prosecuted by the LA County District Attorney's Alhambra Branch office housed in the same building.
The 10-day DMV deadline
Your criminal case at the Alhambra Courthouse and your driver's license are decided in two separate systems that move on two separate clocks. The DMV's Administrative Per Se (APS) process can suspend your license weeks before your court date ever arrives — but only if you miss the 10-day window to request a hearing. Ron Chini requests that hearing immediately so it isn't lost by default. How the DMV hearing works →
How Ron defends a DUI at the Alhambra Courthouse
Ron Chini has defended DUI cases in Los Angeles County since 2009 (CA State Bar No. 263308) and handles cases at the Alhambra Courthouse. He reviews the stop, the field sobriety testing, and the breath or blood evidence from Alhambra PD, Monterey Park PD, San Gabriel PD, or LASD's Temple Station for issues like calibration and maintenance records on the breath instrument, whether the officer had a lawful basis for the stop, and whether the arresting agency's own DUI-checkpoint or patrol procedures were followed correctly. He does not claim to be a certified specialist, and no result is ever guaranteed — but he works every case from his Irvine office with the same direct attention, in English or Farsi, free consultation and flexible payment plans available.
Where will my Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, or Temple City DUI be heard?
At the Alhambra Courthouse, 150 W. Commonwealth Ave., Alhambra, CA 91801 — the Los Angeles County Superior Court's Northeast District. This is the courthouse's own stated jurisdiction for all four cities. See our dedicated pages for Alhambra, Monterey Park, San Gabriel, and Temple City.
Who prosecutes a DUI from these cities?
Generally the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, through its Alhambra Branch office located in the same courthouse building — none of these four cities is among the small group of LA County cities that prosecute their own misdemeanors through a city attorney.
How do I protect my license?
Request a DMV hearing within 10 days — see our DMV hearing page.
Does Temple City have its own police department?
No. Unlike Alhambra, Monterey Park, and San Gabriel — which each run their own independent police department — Temple City contracts with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, policed out of Temple Station on Las Tunas Drive.
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Ron defends DUI cases across Southern California from his Irvine office, in English and Farsi — and works directly with you, not a call center.
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