Avoid Westside streets clogged by final day of President Obama's visit

LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama’s approximately 17-hour visit to Los Angeles continues today with a big-ticket fundraiser at Tobey Maguire’s Brentwood home — and plenty of traffic headaches on LA’s Westside.

Obama arrived in Los Angeles Thursday night and is set to leave about midday today.

Although the president’s exact travel plans are never released, the Los Angeles Police Department provided a list of areas motorists may want to avoid during Obama’s visit.

Police recommended that motorists avoid the following areas on the final day of the president’s visit:

• The area around Hilgard Avenue between Weybu and Sunset, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.;

• Sunset between Loring Avenue west to Burlingame Avenue, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.;

• Bristol Avenue between Sunset and Westboro Street, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.;

• North Cliffwood Avenue between Westboro and Highwood streets, from 10:30 a.m. to noon;

• Sunset Boulevard between Bristol Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.;

• Centinela Avenue between Ocean Park and Pico boulevards, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Street closures:

• Hilgard Avenue will be closed until 1 p.m. today.

• Malcolm Avenue will be closed until 1 p.m. today.

• Cliffwood Avenue will be closed until 12:30 p.m. today.