For us older guys where saying out until midnight or later is a rarity or an impossibility....find an English Pub. They usually celebrate twice. Once at midnight London time (that's 4PM PST), again at midnight local. We have one within walking distance, and it is PACKED (like can't even move packed) at 4PM with older people, mostly locals from the neighborhood, with lots of drunken fun. Sometimes we'd move the party back to our house afterwards, get some sobering food (pizza) while continuing to drink....and then everyone is gone and safely home by 8-9PM.
Younger crowd takes over for the local midnight celebration.
NYE is amateur night and not a good night to be out driving.