*** Success! Both lanes of PCH at Mugu Rock are open for business, according to the Malibu Times.

Updated 3/2 at 12:40 p.m.

** PCH still closed due to that early-morning post-rain mudslide. From the Cal Trans site --and I quote because they speak (well, shout) a different language there:

SR1 IS CLOSED FROM 5 MI SOUTH OF OXNARD /AT CALLEGUAS CREEK RD/ TO 4.3 MI SOUTH OF OXNARD /AT LAS POSAS RD/ (VENTURA CO) - DUE TO A MUD SLIDE - MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE

Basically, you can't get through at Mugu Rock.

Updated 3/1 at 3:50 p.m.

* That was fast. Overnight rains caused mudslides and PCH is now closed between Yerba Buena and Las Posas Roads at Mugu Rock. Road crews are digging out even as we speak and word is CalTrans plans to have the route re-opened to through traffic by 11 a.m. (ish.)

Updated 3/1 at 8 a.m.

More than two months after CalTrans closed Pacific Coast Highway to through traffic at Yerba Buena Road, the coastal route is now open again. Road blocks and barriers were removed at about 3 p.m. today and traffic immediately began flowing.

Rain storms in December and January triggered major mud and rock slides and a temporary road closure turned into a sustained one. From the Malibu Times:

The highway, which was originally closed due to mudslides after a Dec. 12 storm, sustained further damage in January, after which time it was decided the 9-mile stretch of roadway between Las Posas and Yerba Buena roads would be closed off through late February. In late January, a portion of the roadway reopened, giving access to Pt. Mugu State Park.

Businesses in western Malibu took a financial hit during the prolonged closure. Neptune's Net, the popular seafood shack at Yerba Buena Road, whose porches and parking lot are typically overflowing, was a ghost town. We'll see what happens during this weekend's storm.

Meanwhile, barriers are up:

And motorists have been given fair warning:

Everything you ever wanted to know about the damage and the work done is at the CalTrans blog here.