SPRING'S HERE

Spring officially arrived Tuesday morning (for particulars, see Starry Skies), but a warm weekend drew thousands of people to the beach. At times, bumper-to-bumper traffic on the freeway and PCH stretched all the way back to L.A. 
                                                                 photo by Chris Zielin

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