WARM WEATHER BRINGS I-5 TRAFFIC WOES.Byline: Daily News People in the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Santa Clarita valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. areas are being treated to warm and sunny weekend weather, but temperatures are likely to drop by Monday, officials said Sunday. The beautiful weather apparently led to heavy traffic on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. around Magic Mountain in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, , forcing officials to close off-ramps in the area Saturday morning. The California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. closed the Magic Mountain Parkway off-ramps in both directions and issued an advisory to motorists about the heavy traffic. Highway Patrol Officer Jeff Perez said the influx of visitors to the amusement park amusement park, a commercially operated park offering various forms of entertainment, such as arcade games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as food, drink, and souvenirs. Saturday morning was causing traffic to back up onto the freeway, which could increase the possibility of collisions. ``It has happened before when the weather is nice like this, and it happened a few times during spring break,'' he said. ``I'm sure it has to do with the weather and people wanting to go out and have a good time.'' A Magic Mountain spokesman said there were about 24,000 people at the amusement park Saturday, which is typical for a nice day. Bonnie Bartling, a weather information specialist for the National Weather Service, said it was particularly sunny Saturday in areas like the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, but there were low clouds and fog hugging the coastal areas for a good part of the day, with the sun trying to burn through in the afternoon. ``It's nice weather a few miles away from the coast,'' Bartling said. Forecasters predicted mostly sunny weather today with highs in the 80s and 90s in the valley areas. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were expected to be breezy and cooler, with highs in the 70s. |
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