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Wintry Weather Closes Highway Connecting Riverside, Orange Counties

Snowfall Thursday along the Ortega (74) Highway between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano prompted the California Highway Patrol to shut down the 30-mile corridor. The hard closure went into effect about 4:20 p.m., after CHP officers encountered heavy snow on segments of the two-lane route, which connects Riverside and Orange counties via the Cleveland […]

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