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We're hours away from "Carmageddon," the 53-hour period when the 405 freeway between the I-10 and U.S. 101 freeways will be shut down. From Friday, July 15 at 7 p.m. until Monday, July 18 at 6 a.m., the public has been Several hours into 'Carmageddon,' none of the traffic nightmares have materialized as officials closed [...]

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles on Friday began closing a crucial freeway, the 405, touching off what officials warn could be a grueling weekend of epic traffic jams that locals have dubbed "Carmageddon." The unprecedented 53-hour shutdown, expected to delay LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles on Friday began closing a crucial freeway, the 405, touching [...]

LOS ANGELES — The alarms have been sounded and the preparations have been made. Now, only two questions remain: Will "Carmageddon," the shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of one of the busiest highways in the United States, By Amber Goodhand – Radar Staff Reporter After much anticipation and dread among local Los Angeles residents, the [...]

By Pamela Hale-Burns, Staff Writer Check out the Kahakai Outrigger Relay this weekend in Long Beach, as shown from last year's event, to avoid Carmageddon. (Jeff Gritchen / Staff Photographer) Staying away from the closed freeways this weekend but you There is plenty of journalistic malpractice going on with regard to the 53-hour closure of [...]

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and other officials Wednesday urged city residents to take advantage of the “Carmageddon” weekend to shop locally and use public transit. Metro will be temporarily waiving fees on the Orange, Purple and Red lines In the spirit of Carmageddon, however, we'll tell it like this: For the past four months, [...]

The Mulholland Bridge over the 405 will be demolished this weekend and the resulting freeway shutdown (you may know it as Carmageddon?) could go one of two ways–there's the "1984 Olympics" scenario in which everyone's freaked out enough to stay off The 405 Freeway in Los Angeles will be closed for the weekend to widen [...]

This weekend's "Carmageddon" on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles will look like a picnic compared to the events that unfolded for the inaugural Sprint Cup race at the Sparta facility. There are reports that as many as 10000 ticket holders never made it Carmageddon is poised to bring Los Angeles to a standstill, but [...]

We have steered clear of matters regarding Carmageddon, the jaunty name given to this weekend's closure of 10 miles' worth of 405 Freeway, because it doesn't concern us. And it doesn't concern us for a wide range of reasons, not the least of which is The UCLA medical center in Santa Monica and Westwood and [...]

Carmageddon Lyrics – Verse 1: Foreshadow If the gridlock didn't have Tupac in it, I ain't about that business, of Being a pitstop, LA is a parking lot, on YouTube Link. If you haven't heard, Los Angeles is bracing for a 2 day closure of a 10-mile stretch of the 405 freeway. This cataclysmic event [...]

Bieber's announcement comes on the heels of the much-anticipated 405 Freeway closure in Los Angeles, dubbed "Carmageddon," which is expected to cause major delays throughout the city. A 10-mile stretch of the San Diego Freeway will be closed on July Traffic level identified in air based CHP carmageddon for Recently 405 Freeway closed within this [...]