Driving a Famed Highway to Learn Why It’s Always Broken

Driving a Famed Highway to Learn Why It’s Always Broken

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. A couple of summers ago, I had friends visiting California, and I wanted to show them what many people who come to the state hope to see: the coast. We were making our way from Los Angeles to Northern California, and had planned to take the Pacific Coast Highway, which clings to the edge of the continent for hundreds …