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By all accounts I've heard, traffic in the 405 area has been a breeze today — much better than a typical summer Friday. People are self-correcting. Good sign.
Now this from cartoonist Donna Barstow:
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Carmageddon as the Rapture
More by Kevin Roderick:
Gustavo Arellano, many others join LA Times staffPower out Monday across Malibu
Put Jamal Khashoggi Square outside the Saudi consulate on Sawtelle
Here's who the LA Times has newly hired*
LA Observed Notes: Clippers hire big-time writer, unfunny Emmys, editor memo at the Times and more
Recent 405 stories on LA Observed:
Metro's 405 contractor sues the agency over delaysWestside's long 405 construction nightmare all but over (photos)
This will be a bad traffic weekend around Sepulveda Pass
LAPD officer saves lucky Christmas drunk from burning car on 405
'Carmageddon' bridge over 405 opens
Final Wilshire@405 fly-over ramp to open Thursday
First flyover ramp opens at Wilshire and the 405
Soon as the 405 is done, more work planned for Wilshire