President Obama arrives in Los Angeles tonight for his usual fare of Hollywood fundraising and crippling traffic jams. The inevitable Obamajams his trips bring have been a way of life for Angelenos over the past few years, with POTUS making frequent road-closing visits to our fair city. We’ve also had a semi-active El Niño cycle this year, which has produced a fair amount of slick roads and poor driving conditions. And now tonight those two traffic-making events are looming on the horizon as the perfect storm of inconvenience. Rain showers are expected to start this afternoon and continue, on-and-off, throughout Obama’s visit tonight and tomorrow. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing, however. Instead of bemoaning a potential two hour commute, we should use this opportunity to get out of any cross-town engagements we’ve been dreading.
Luckily, this presidential visit should be relatively low-impact compared to previous trips, as Obama will mostly be getting around town during off-peak hours. To avoid the commotion altogether though, check out these closures and delays as reported by the LAPD:
Thursday, April 7, 2016
7:15pm-8:15pm
The area around S. Centinela Avenue between Ocean Park Boulevard & W. Pico Boulevard
7:15pm-8:30pm
The area around Sunset Boulevard between S. Sepulveda Boulevard & S. Beverly Glen Boulevard
7:30am-9:45pm
The area around St. Pierre Road and St. Cloud Road between Bel Air Road & N. Beverly Glen Boulevard
9:00pm-10:30pm
The area around Sunset Boulevard between S. Beverly Glen Boulevard & Royce Drive
9:00pm-10:30pm
The area around Hilgard Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Weyburn Avenue
9:00pm-10:30pm
The area around Tiverton Avenue between Le Conte Avenue & Weyburn Avenue
Friday, April 8, 2016
9:30am-11:00am
The area around Hilgard Avenue between Weyburn Avenue & Sunset Boulevard
9:30am-11:00am
The area around Sunset Boulevard between Loring Avenue west to Burlingame Avenue
9:30am-11:00am
The area around Bristol Avenue between Sunset Boulevard & Westboro Street
10:30am-12:00pm
The area around N. Cliffwood Avenue between Westboro Street & Highwood Street
11:30am-12:30pm
The area around Sunset Boulevard between Bristol Avenue & N. Sepulveda Boulevard
11:30am-12:30pm
The area around S. Centinela Avenue between Ocean Park Boulevard & W. Pico Boulevard
HARD CLOSURES (no bus routes impacted by the hard closures)
St Cloud Road: closed April 7 from 7:00pm-10:00pm
Hilgard Avenue: street will be closed April 7 at 4:00pm and will re-open on April 8 at 1:00pm
Malcolm Avenue: street will be closed April 7 at 7:00pm and will re-open on April 8 at 1:00pm
Cliffwood Avenue: closed April 8 from 10:30am-12:30pm