CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> Caltrans District 8 is planning ahead of a new winter storm.

Thursday afternoon Caltrans maintenance crews where preparing by spreading de-icing fluid (brine) along Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass. They put down the fluid on all traffic lanes both directions from the top of the Cajon Pass Oak Hill Road down to the Cleghorn Road.

The de-icing fluid is to prevent ice from forming on the freeway.

Yes Black Ice.

The latest Weather updates are forecasting around less than 1 inch or a mix of rain and ice/snow in the Cajon Pass late Thursday night into early Friday morning.

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