VP Motorcade Traffic Delays: Kamala Harris Lingers In LA

LOS ANGELES, CA — Angelenos have a few more days of dodging motorcade freeway shutdowns as Vice President Kamala Harris wraps up her six-day visit with a series of interviews before heading to the Bay Area Wednesday.

Harris will remain in Los Angeles Monday and Tuesday to participate in a Pride Month interview and then a taping of an interview for "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

Authorities are not releasing exact details of the vice president's itinerary for security reasons. Typically, the trip between her Brentwood home and LAX involves San Diego (405) Freeway closures.

Following Tuesday's interview with Jimmy Kimmel, she will participate "in a political event in Los Angeles," according to her office.

From Los Angeles, Harris will travel to Oakland and San Francisco on Wednesday for political events before returning to Washington, D.C. that day.

Harris' communications director, Kirsten Allen, announced Monday morning that Harris will travel to Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 15 to take part in the Summit on Peace in Ukraine. During that trip, she is expected to "underscore the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to supporting Ukraine's effort to secure a just and lasting peace, based on Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and the principles of the UN Charter. The vice president will reaffirm support for the people of Ukraine as they defend themselves against ongoing Russian aggression," Allen said in a statement.

Last Thursday, Harris flew to Los Angeles for a series of fundraisers and political events.

Friday, she took a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego County before returning to Los Angeles later in the day.

Her motorcade was delayed in San Diego by protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, however. Harris was headed to a fundraiser in Rancho Santa Fe when dozens of protesters briefly blocked her route, The Times Of San Diego reported.

Harris also spoke at a pair of political events in Seattle on Saturday before returning to Los Angeles on Saturday night. She spent just over 3 1/2 hours in Seattle.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.