http://ktla.com/2015/07/19/bridge-collapses-amid-heavy-rains-near-coachella-prompting-closure-of-10-freeway/Bridge Collapses Amid Heavy Rains Near Coachella, Prompting Closure of 10 Freeway
Massive quantities of goods head east on Hwy. 10 bound from ports of Lost Angeles/Long Beach to the entire country.
The Highway 10 route is Lost Angeles to Phoenix, and beyond. Alternates include Hwy. 40 to the north to Flagstaff and Albuquerque, and Hwy 8 to the south to Tucson.
That is the bad news. The good news is we had two days of summer rain, which is really rare.