Tahoe Traffic: ABC7's Laura Anthony goes 25 miles in 8 hours on 14-hour trip to South Lake Tahoe from the Bay Area

Interstate-80 was closed in the Sierra because of white-out conditions. Drivers who took Highway 50 instead sat in stop-and-go traffic for hours, including ABC7 News reporter Laura Anthony.

TRUCKEE, Calif. (KGO) -- Interstate-80 was closed in the Sierra because of white-out conditions.

Drivers who took Highway 50 instead sat in stop-and-go traffic for hours, including ABC7 News reporter Laura Anthony. It took Laura and her family eight hours to go 25 miles.

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"We knew darn well we would sit in traffic and we have," said Laura.

CHP Truckee posted a list on its Facebook page with the chain control information for the area.

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Tahoe Traffic: ABC7's Laura Anthony goes 25 miles in 8 hours on 14-hour Tahoe trip