710 Freeway

A section of the 710 Freeway was closed early Friday in Long Beach for a California Highway Patrol shooting investigation that followed a standoff with a man who was armed with a knife. Officers opened fire on the man, who later died at a hospital, authorities said. Details about what led to the confrontation were not immediately available. The shooting…

Part of the 710 Freeway was closed for a shooting investigation early Friday May 8, 2020 in Long Beach.

Some Dodgers are conducting an experiment.

Parts of the Long Beach (710) Freeway will be closed in the Commerce, Vernon and East Los Angeles areas beginning Friday night so crews can do road resurfacing and bridge-widening work.

Homes in South Pasadena that Caltrans bought decades ago in anticipation of the now failed 710 freeway-expansion project have to sell at the original low price, a judge ruled earlier this month.

Six decades of often-vitriolic debate over a proposed extension of the Long Beach (710) Freeway between Alhambra and Pasadena officially ended Wednesday, with Caltrans announcing the finalization of a report that endorses local street improvements instead of a freeway tunnel.

Caltrans plans to close two Los Angeles-area freeways next week for improvements.

The hundreds of truckers each day who leave Terminal Island via the Long Beach (710) Freeway will lose their direct ramp, and have to negotiate traffic lights, turns and traffic on a detour, starting Saturday.

The only freeway ramp that directly connects Terminal Island to the Long Beach (710) Freeway is about to bite the dust, and that will mean several traffic signals on the detour for the heavy stream of trucks leaving the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

A pedestrian was killed Sunday on the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Bell, authorities said.

Caltrans officials plan new freeway lane closures in the Downey area that may last into the morning rush hour this week, as overnight work will leave just one lane open on sections of the Santa Ana (5) Freeway starting Wednesday southeast of Los Angeles.

After spending a year in an animal shelter, one of the 710 Freeway chase dogs has been adopted. Brittney’s sister Honey is still available for adoption.

Another weekend of traffic delays is on tap for motorists in East Los Angeles beginning Friday night and continuing until Monday morning, as the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway will close for another 54 hours to accommodate a pavement-replacement project.

Caltrans crews are conducting emergency road repair on the Long Beach (710) Freeway bridge over Olympic Boulevard for about 35 hours this weekend, meaning some full-freeway closures and likely delays for motorists in the area.

More traffic problems will await motorists in East Los Angeles beginning Friday night and continuing through the weekend, thanks to the second of nine planned 54-hour closures of the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway to make way for a pavement-replacement project.

Some motorists in the East Los Angeles area will have to cope with detours and traffic delays this weekend as a wide-scale pavement-replacement project prompts the first of nine planned 54-hour closures on the northbound Long Beach (710) Freeway, beginning Friday evening.

A stretch of the 710 Freeway in Long Beach reopened Monday following a big rig crash that left a man dead, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A huge ball of flames engulfed a gasoline tanker truck on a freeway outside of Los Angeles on Sunday, sending black plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles and causing a traffic nightmare.