Storm Slows Holiday Weekend Traffic On Highway 50

PLACERVILLE, Calif. (CBS 13) – Holiday travelers ran into bumper to bumper traffic on Highway 50 on Monday. With continued rain and heavy wind, Caltrans crews braced for possible mudslides and road blocks.
“I can’t wait to get home,” said Maretta Lee. “I didn’t expect it to be a 5-hour, 6-hour drive!”
She and her husband Ivan drove east on Highway 50 on Friday for a weekend in Tahoe. But the journey home to Elk Grove on Monday was much different than the