UPDATE: Two days after Christmas, Donner Pass is still a mess. The California Highway Patrol says spin-outs and heavy traffic continued on Friday evening, with chain controls still in place on Interstate 80. They warned Friday night: "If you were hoping the storm wrapped things up, it did not." About 45,000 utility customers woke up without power across California on Christmas morning, and about 20,000 are still waiting for line crews to restore it. Palisades Tahoe reported more than 5 feet of s

There are no scheduled highway closures for Thanksgiving weekend, Thursday, Nov. 27, through Monday, Dec. 1. Plan for increased traffic during peak travel times, especially on I-17 north of Phoenix, SR 87 between Fountain Hills and Payson, and interstates 8 and 10 between the Phoenix or Tucson areas and California. Unplanned closures caused by crashes or weather can still happen. And speaking of weather, feezing temperatures are in the forecast for Flagstaff and other high-elevation locations th