High gas prices and crowded airports won't deter millions of Southern Californians from heading out of town for the Labor Day weekend, with the travel crunch beginning Thursday on local freeways and at Los Angeles International Airport.
The Automobile Club of Southern California estimates that nearly 3.3 million SoCal residents will be traveling for the holiday, the third-highest number for a Fourth of July holiday, behind only 2019 and 2018.
Southland freeways and airports started getting a lot busier Thursday, as the holiday getaway began for millions of residents traveling for the Fourth of July weekend.