California Highway 1 Down Near Big Sur, Record Rainfall Over Easter Weekend in Los Angeles

Easter weekend rain that hit parts of Southern California has set new daily records, eroded pieces of California Highway 1 in Northern California leaving many travelers stranded, and caused damage in some areas as crews now work to address  damage. A portion of roadway broke off on California Highway 1 occurred Saturday in Big Sur, about 15 miles south of Monterey. There were around 1,600 people stranded on the south side of the collapse Saturday afternoon up until about noon Sunday, a spokesperson for Caltrans told The Epoch Times. According to a map of road closures from Caltrans, the highway is closed from 1 mile south of Limekiln Creek in Big Sur to Lime Creek Bridge due to mudslide removal, which prevented travelers from taking the highway southbound toward Santa Barbara or Los Angeles....