A clear road map for 405 emergencies

Paramedics on motorcycles. A world-class art facility repurposed as a firefighting staging area. And a 10-mile expanse of the 405 Freeway stretching out, car-free, as…
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LAX has travelers’ tips for 405 coping

If you’re flying out of LAX the weekend of July 15-18 or have guests coming into town, a new airport webpage offers suggestions for making…
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Invite a farmer to a 405 sleepover

You can close the freeway, but please—don’t mess with our fresh-grown farmers market fare. The Santa Monica Farmers Market, bracing for the mid-July closure of…
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‘Carmageddon’ or BBQ—it’s up to us

Forget nothing to fear but fear itself. As they launched an urgent campaign to keep people away from the 405 Freeway in mid-July, L.A.’s leaders…
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A closure heard ’round the world

In most big cities, a detour is just a detour. Not in a world capital like Los Angeles. When a 10-mile stretch of one of…
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Where L.A.’s lost weekend hits home

In neighborhoods all around the 405 Freeway, people are scrambling to find answers to the biggest question of the summer: To get out of town,…
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Rx for a 405 headache

Allow me to be blunt: it’s going to be a mess out there. As you may have heard, the 405 Freeway is being shut down…
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405 reasons to plan a new July route [updated]

On July 15, moviegoers around the country will find out whether Voldemort meets his doom in a showdown with the wizarding world. But if you’re…
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Plan now for huge summer 405 closing

On July 15, the 405 Freeway will be closed in both directions—from Getty Center Drive to the 101—for 53 straight hours.
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