Obama Motorcade to Affect Your Monday Drive

LOS ANGELES, CA — President Barack Obama is back in town to campaign for Hillary Clinton and appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live.'' And that means one thing for Los Angeles: traffic.

Police are warning drivers to expect delays and be mindful of street closures and restrictions to accommodate the presidential motorcade. The worst of it will be in the Hollywood and Beverly Hills areas Monday and Tuesday.

Obama will be in Hollywood for the Jimmy Kimmel show Monday night and in Beverly Hills to speak at a $100,000-per-person evening fundraiser for Clinton at the home of DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg.

Commuters should be leery of the following areas during the president's visit:

HARD CLOSURES

• In Hollywood, the east- and westbound lanes of Hollywood Boulevard between Highland Avenue and North Orange Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday.
• In Hollywood, the east and westbound lanes of Hawthorne Avenue between Highland Avenue and North Orange Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Monday.
• In Beverly Hills, the north and southbound lanes of North Loma Vista Drive between Wallace Ridge and Dabney Drive will be closed to vehicular traffic between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday.
• In Beverly Hills, the east- and westbound lanes of Sunset Boulevard between North Whittier and North Bedford drives will be closed to vehicular traffic between 10:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC

• The area around Sherman Way between Clybourn Avenue & Coldwater Canyon Avenue from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
• The Hollywood (170) and Hollywood (101) freeways from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Monday.
• The area around Highland Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Sunset Boulevard from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday
• The 101 and San Diego (405) freeways from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday.
• The area around Sunset Boulevard between Woodburn and North Palm drives from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
• The area around Sunset Boulevard between Woodburn and Palm drives from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday
• The 405 and Santa Monica (10) freeways from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m on Tuesday.
• The area around South Centinela Avenue between Ocean Park and West Pico boulevards between noon and 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

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