There used to be a good time. Now there are just better times. I have found late Sunday night 10 pm or so northbound and go through the city. That is if there is no home game. Express lanes usually against me but that is O.K. Most traffic that time is southbound. The 10am-2pm time frame I will take 405 either direction. Northbound I come into it from 167 but keep an eye on construction. I go through Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Phoenix and around as much of L.A. as I can. Sometimes you just have to brace yourself and take what the traffic gives you. I usually get in line with the semi's and go with the flow. When they change lanes, I change lanes. Try to stay in second or middle lane as much as possible.