Community Corner

Nothing Like a 40-Minute Commute Home from a Neighborhood School

Roadwork on both sides of La Pata Avenue near Ortega Highway this afternoon snarled traffic from San Juan Hills High.

Forget the Ortega Highway interchange at the I-5 as a bottleneck, the real action -- or rather, inaction -- is going on at Ortega and La Pata Avenue.

Parents traveling from San Juan Hills High School reported a five-minute commute growing exponentially Monday when road work on both sides of La Pata brought traffic to a crawl.

Were you stuck in it? What's a parent to do?

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