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Crews race to repair PCH after section of highway washed out by storms

Highway crews are working to repair a stretch of California's Pacific Coast Highway that washed out in storms; officials have not said when it will reopen.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCrews are racing to repair a section of the Pacific Coast Highway that was washed out during the recent storms in Southern California.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSenator Ignatius Boone joins us from above the damage. Senator, whose road is this?

  3. Ignatius BooneMine, Hank, when it's open. It's iconic, and I've been saying so for years.

  4. Ignatius BooneToday it's the ocean's. The ocean has been in that spot since the last administration, and nobody checked its permits.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe ocean has been here a good deal longer than that.

  6. Ignatius BooneThat's what the weather office wants you to think. They saw the storm coming on Tuesday. Well, Monday. They saw it Sunday, and said nothing.

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