Newport Beach lifeguards shared a video of crews saving 10 swimmers from what they called a "monster rip current." They made 350 rescues there on Friday.
Evacuation orders were issued near Highway 166. The highway is closed from U.S. 101 near Santa Maria to Perkins Road in the New Cuyama area of Santa Barbara County.
In addition to the traffic-stopping street takeover on the 110 Freeway, police responded to a similar situation with drivers doing donuts in Green Meadows.