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Joe Biden Is In Town: Here Are The Streets To Avoid
Vice President Joe Biden laughs after President Obama remarked that he looked cool in his sunglasses. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
America's crazy Uncle Vice President Joe Biden is in town, speaking at West Los Angeles College this morning and tomorrow at the Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in Irvine.Naturally he brought traffic and the Santa Ana winds with him. Here's the streets the LAPD says people in West L.A. should avoid today and tomorrow:
Friday, January 23:
until noon:
- Jefferson Boulevard and the South 405 Freeway
- Jefferson Boulevard and Overland Avenue
- Overland Drive and Freshman Drive
- Westwood Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard
- Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive
Saturday, January 24:
7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
- Wilshire Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard
- Santa Monica and the North 405 Freeway
8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
- Pass Avenue and the 134 Freeway, Burbank
- Verdugo Avenue and Hollywood Way, Burbank
- Hollywood way and Vanowen Street, Burbank
- Vineland and Sherman Way, Burbank
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