Good luck on your travels in So Cal.
When I used to haul things into LA we would leave Ontario, CA about 4 am to be in LA by 7am about 75 - 80 mile drive , it didn't matter what highway you're on 60, 91, 10, 210. We would leave about 4 am and there would still be 2 million cars and trucks on the road and 1 wreck it would be stop and go, bumper to bumper for miles. Now days if I catch the light red in town I consider it a traffic jam.
I don't care if the weather is perfect or the money is great or the girls are pretty, California traffic ain't for me !!!