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Closures have been announced for some areas of Griffith Park due to excessive flooding and debris. The closures are Zoo Drive to Griffith Park Drive, Outbound Griffith Park Drive, In and Outbound Crystal Springs Drive and the Bird Sanctuary
"The park has experienced some minor to moderate debris flows and flooding on several of its main roads and the Department will be implementing hard closure of some of areas of the park until the storm subsides," said Jon Kirk Mukri General Manager, Department of Recreation and Parks, in a press release.
Western Canyon and Vermont Canyon are currently open to the Griffith Observatory. The Observatory was open at it's regular time at noon. The Bird Sanctuary is also closed.