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The first SigAlert was on Labor Day weekend in 1955, [7] and some stories on the SigAlert conflate these two events. [8] At first, the LAPD issued about one alert a day, but soon other agencies were calling in messages they wanted broadcast, including rabid dog reports, gas leaks and even a ship collision in Los Angeles Harbor. [9]
In 1998, when the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Highway Patrol opened their Freeway Traffic Center in Los Angeles, Sigmon attended as their special Guest of Honor. He was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying, "I ran a multimillion-dollar corporation, but it's the Sig Alert that people remember me for."
SigAlert shows traffic backed up west toward Interstate 5. Drivers are being told to expect delays of up to 20 minutes. Multiple road closures have been reported as authorities respond to the crash.
A debris flow swept a Los Angeles Fire Department member off a roadway in Malibu and into the ocean, LAFD spokesperson Erik Scott said on social media. The person sustained minor injuries.
Los Angeles only has a volunteer, part-time and mostly teenage hand crew, who use axes, shovels and chain saws to stop wildfires spreading, according to the Post.
The Master Plan of Metropolitan Los Angeles Freeways was adopted by the Regional Planning Commission in 1947 and construction began in the early 1950s. [1] The plan hit opposition and funding limitations in the 1970s, and by 2004, only some 61% of the original planned network had been completed.
With parts of Los Angeles County still smoldering from wildfires, the expected rain this weekend would seem like a welcome relief. But how the rain falls could make the difference between a ...
The company was the top provider of local traffic reports in the U.S. through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks, Shadow Broadcast Services, SmartRoute Systems, and Sigalert.com. [1] Westwood One also offers weather services; originally using Accuweather, Westwood switched to The Weather Channel in 2009.