The story of Los Angeles · Monday, October 26
Downtown road hazards run near seven times normal as closures carry over
Vandalism stays far above normal in Canoga Park, Highland Park and Chinatown, while the 110 carpool lanes and SR-47 north remain closed.
54 road hazard reports near Downtown LA this week
The longest-running story today is road hazards. Downtown LA has 54 road hazard reports this week, against a usual 8. East Hollywood, Reseda, Exposition Park and San Pedro are each running around ten times or more their usual weekly counts.
Vandalism reports are also well above normal in three neighbourhoods. Canoga Park has 21 this week against a usual 2, Highland Park 19 against about 1, and Chinatown 12 against about 1. Those numbers were unchanged at the last update.
On the roads, Caltrans still lists a full closure of northbound SR-47 from Harbor Boulevard to Ferry Street in San Pedro. The southbound 110 carpool lanes remain shut from 28th Street to Gage Avenue. In Watts, the highway patrol's 9:11 PM Sunday fatality listing at Avalon Boulevard and East 122nd Street remains open.
In the South Bay, an outage affecting 11,607 Southern California Edison customers near Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach remains on the state outage list. It was first listed around 2:45 AM Sunday.