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LAPD warns of traffic jams Friday during Obama visit

Traffic crawls along Santa Monica Boulevard during a visit by President Obama to Los Angeles last year.
Traffic crawls along Santa Monica Boulevard during a visit by President Obama to Los Angeles last year.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Authorities are urging Los Angeles drivers to avoid certain areas of the city during President Obama’s visit here Friday.

Obama will be attending a late-morning, early afternoon fund-raiser Friday at the Santa Monica home of Hollywood executive Peter Chernin, according to CBSLA.

From there, the president is expected to travel to Rancho Mirage for a two-day summit with China’s new president, Xi Jinping.

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The Los Angeles Police Department, working with the U.S. Secret Service, is asking motorists to help prevent traffic jams by staying away from the following areas between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. and again from 1 to 3 p.m.:

Centinela Avenue and West Olympic Boulevard

West Olympic Boulevard and Cloverfield Boulevard

26th Street and San Vicente Boulevard

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