The 10-mile stretch of Interstate 405 from Route 101 to Sunset Boulevard was scheduled to be closed for 53 hours over the weekend.

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When she came on the line, I asked what had happened, and she said driving down Route 101 from the city, she had heard the news, figured there was no point in going in, and headed home.

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The route is simple: a straight out departure, staying left of the 101 freeway, past San Carlos Airport, past SFO airport, through South San Francisco, and into downtown San Francisco, over the Oakland Bay Bridge, past Alcatraz Island, over the Golden Gate Bridge, then south following the coastline to Half Moon Bay and back east to PAO.

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Pongo and Perdy, the pooch stars of "101 Dalmatians, " embarked down the two-and-half-mile parade route in villain Cruella De Vil's roadster.

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