Authorities shut down traffic Thursday on the San Diego (405) Freeway at Edinger Avenue as a person scaled a fence and was clinging to a pole.
California Highway Patrol officials were alerted to the incident about 12:35 p.m. Thursday. According to the CHP, the person appeared to be intoxicated. A description of he person was not available.
Authorities took the person into custody about 3:15 p.m. and authorities were working to reopen the closed lanes.
Things are dire out there. Two former coworkers unalived themselves since May. Like myself, they were laid off from the tech industry. There are thousands of us out there and can’t survive on unemployment and pay rent, eat, and have health insurance in California. The math isn’t mathing. Desperation haunts many of us right now. I don’t know this man’s plight, but I can say I’ve felt hopeless, too, in the wake of this administration and its capitalist monsters. I hope this man gets the help he needs and his friends and family (if he has them) can support him in his recovery.