Transportation

When 'Carmageddon' Strikes, How Much of California Feels the Pain?

Warnings have been blaring up and down the state for months. Is this really necessary?
Reuters

August 26th, driving from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, I saw a curious sight: Out in the middle of nowhere, probably somewhere around where Interstate 580 meets Interstate 5, I passed one of those digital signs. It warned:

405 WILL CLOSE; RTE 10 TO 101
SEPT 29-30; EXPECT DELAYS