CHP escorting traffic through Grapevine due to snow and ice on I-5

GRAPEVINE, Calif. -- Traffic is erstwhile again being escorted connected I-5 done the Grapevine aft roadworthy conditions became unsafe for drivers connected Friday.

The California Highway Patrol announced the closure connected X astir 9:40 p.m.

Hours later, Caltrans announced that the interstate had reopened with CHP escorting traffic.

Officers had been escorting motorists done the Grapevine earlier successful the time earlier conditions became excessively rough.

"Road conditions became unsafe for the motoring nationalist owed to the snowfall and crystal connected the roadway," the bureau said.

Southern California saw storms determination done the country passim the day, dropping connected basin and vale communities, and snowfall successful the mountains.

The storms were expected to wide retired overnight.