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Laguna Canyon Road closure

Laguna Canyon Road between El Toro Road and the San Diego Freeway

(405) remains closed due to flooding on the roadway. Caltrans closed

a portion of Laguna Canyon Road on Saturday at 11 a.m. and will not

re-open the road until water recedes, according to a representative.

Laguna Beach police have established a traffic information

telephone line to provide the public with information on road

conditions. The automated system is updated frequently and the police

department encourages the public to call this phone number for up to

the minute information on road closures or traffic conditions: (949)

497-0747.

Accident closes off highway

At least one lane of Coast Highway remained closed Monday for four

hours after a car struck a telephone pole at N. Coast Highway and El

Morro, police said.

Denise Rehe, 43, of Laguna Beach, was driving a red 1992 Lexus at

10:19 a.m. when she hit a patch of mud and water on the roadway, said

Traffic Sgt. Jason Kravetz.

The car spun around and the rear end of the car hit a telephone

pole near the El Morro Trailer Park, Kravetz said. The crash caused

major damage to the car and Rehe was transported to Hoag hospital

with back pain, Kravetz said.

The accident was not immediately cleared because police and fire

units were swamped with weather-related calls, Kravetz said.

“All departments were pretty much maxed out,” Kravetz said.

The area where the accident occurred is in the jurisdiction of the

California Highway Patrol, but they had no available units, Kravetz

said. Laguna Beach Police and Newport Beach Fire responded initially,

police said.