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Snow in Los Angeles - Motorists stuck for almost 24 hours by an icy storm resumed their travels Monday as improving weather along Interstate 5 in the mountains north of Los Angeles allowed California Highway Patrol units to escort vehicles over a pass. Hundreds of truckers and motorists returning from the New Year's holiday found themselves stuck after the Grapevine section of I-5 was closed at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday in 4,160-foot-high Tejon Pass, the major route between Southern and Central California. Highway workers toiled through the night to plow about 35 miles of road, and CHP units began escorting vehicles in groups of about 500 around midday Monday, said Officer Patrick Etchebarne. Snow in Los Angeles Earlier blizzard conditions had eased to light snow flurries and then only cloudy skies. The pass closes a couple of times each winter, and last year about 1,000 cars were stranded at one time, Etchebarne said. This time, CHP officers decided to close the roadway e...