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AW wrote: ↑And with Caltrans operating under the assumption of El Nino saturated storms coming, that makes it 101% they wont move an inch on it, nor would they if there were a small village.

Sean wrote: ↑ Yes, they would. A village buried in snow and isolated from the rest of civilization would be considered a public emergency. They would either fix the road within days, evacuate the village, or indefinitely supply necessities by chopper. I'm guessing they'll fix the road as quickly as possible.

By Stephanie K. Baer, The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Posted: 05/02/16, 2:37 PM PDT | Updated: 2 hrs ago
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Authorities have arrested two suspects and recovered property in connection with three armed robberies in the San Gabriel Mountains last month.

Between April 15 and April 30, deputies received reports of three separate armed robberies near Highway 39 in the San Gabriel Mountains, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department San Dimas station.

In each incident, a male and female armed with a shotgun approached victims parked in roadside turnouts and stole purses, cell phones, wallets and other personal property.

The suspect vehicle described in each robbery was a white cube-style small SUV.

After receiving the report of the third robbery at about 3 a.m. on Saturday, deputies located the suspect vehicle on Highway 39 near mile marker 19. The car, a white 2010 Scion XB, had been involved in a single-vehicle crash with a guard rail, authorities said.

Deputies detained the male and female occupants of the vehicle.

Victims of the third robbery identified both suspects. Juan Manuel Plazola, 20, of La Puente, and Deanna Marie Campillo, 23, of El Monte, were in possession of a shotgun, a replica pistol and stolen property at the time of their arrest. Detectives later obtained a warrant to search for evidence in the suspect’s vehicle and located property reported stolen in the previous robberies.

Plazola was booked on suspicion of armed robbery at the San Dimas station and held in lieu of a $100,000 bail. Campillo was booked on suspicion of armed robbery at the Century Regional Detention Facility and held in lieu of a $100,000 bail.

The two were scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.

Congestion in the North, West and East forks of the San Gabriel River — popular recreation spots during summer and fall — would be relieved by completing the loop to Highway 2, moving people and traffic through Wrightwood, a quaint mountain town, and connecting to the high-desert communities.

Zé wrote: ↑Ridiculous. There is no benefit to access to Wrightwood, as it is already faster to take 210 - 15 - 138 to get there than it would be up the slower, curvy, steep mountainous 39 - 2 route.

Zé wrote: ↑Other cities west it would be faster to access ACH from La Canada anyways.

Zé wrote: ↑Just because something is partially built, doesn't mean you have to keep it up. It doesn't make financial sense. The phrase "cut your losses" applies here.

These mountain roads aren't intended to be congestion-reducing throughputs, they are to provide access to nature. Constant costly upkeep of upper 39 in order to save some people 10 minutes off their drive to nature is not something taxpayers should paying for. If you wanted to make it a toll road, maybe. But I doubt that would work as the "demand" for it is fake.

“We are preparing the engineering design and environmental studies in support of this effort,” said Lauren Wonder, a Caltrans spokeswoman, in an email.