Highway 89 at Emerald Bay reopens after rockslide
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/14/2016 - 1:02pm
A Valentine's Day rockslide at Emerald Bay closed Highway 89 for about an hour. The California Highway Patrol responded to a call of rocks on the roadway and controlled traffic in the are until a truck equipped with a plow could clear off the slide.
The road reopened at 11:34 a.m.
No other details are available at this time.
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