1.   Hicks looked up and down for police cars and rammed the Land-Rover out into the westbound traffic.

2.   Westbound traffic is moving very slowly.

3.   Westbound traffic shares the eastbound carriageway.

4.   Freeway and westbound traffic on Ventura Boulevard was stopped as police searched freeway shrubbery for evidence and canvassed the residential area for the men.

5.   Last summer, a shift was added on Sunday evening to ease westbound traffic.

6.   The freeway was open Wednesday, but westbound traffic was limited to one lane.