@westcoastbestcoast , We definitely saw the LA / SD traffic snarls you mentioned while we were there. My wife and I are spoiled because we lived in Monterey for 2 years (long ago) and got the benefits of coastal Cali without the traffic.
I just heard back from NYU....WL :[ Also lots of schools I was already waitlisted at are sending updates, basically, sit tight we're going to start letting a few lucky souls in from purgatory in the vague future