The Waze app is your friend. I usually budget 2 hours from home to crew lounge from Lake Forest. During rush hour I add 30 minutes depending on the day. I have had it take the full 2.5 hours just to drive but that happens maybe once every year. The last time it happened I fired up Waze and it said to go up to the 91W via the toll road and a bunch of other crazy routes. Of course I thought the app must be broken and hopped on 405 which turned out to be a parking lot. Moral is to believe the app.

When I lived in San Clemente I sat on a 1.5 hour call out which was cutting it too close.