California Highway Patrol monitoring Grapevine conditions as weather causes closures Traveling through the Grapevine has been difficult recently as poor weather conditions closed Interstate 5 once again Wednesday. It's the third time it has shut down since Monday. 23ABC's Bayan Wang was at the base of the Grapevine keeping an eye on the traffic. By: Bayan Wang, 23ABC , Anthony Wright, 23ABC , Brandon Michaels, 23ABC Posted at 5:09 PM, Jan 27, 2021 and last updated 2021-01-27 20:16:28-05 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â As of early Thursday night, both directions of the Grapevine were still open and the California Highway Patrol was no longer pacing traffic. But conditions along the Grapevine can change in an instant.