Gene Autry Trail Now Open

The California Highway Patrol says Gene Autry Trail between Interstate 10 and Vista Chino in Palm Springs is now open, after being closed to traffic due to blowing sand.

California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Joe Zagorski says the closure happened just after 3:30 p.m. on the stretch that takes drivers through the wash area of the city — a long stretch of sand that turns into a mountain-runoff waterway during rainstorms.