Best time to drive from UCLA to Azusa, CA and back? (Pasadena: commute, business)

[redpetticoat]

On a weekday I will need to drive from UCLA to Azusa, CA and back for a potential job interview. What's the best time to do this? Should I leave UCLA around 9 or 9:30 AM, have the interview, then try to head back toward UCLA around 2 or 2:30PM?
When can I avoid the most traffic in both directions?

Also, google is telling me to take 134, is that the best way?

[smokingGun]

i've gone to Pasadena/Arcadia a few times from the Westside during business hours and it's really not that bad after 10am. Azusa is only like 10~15 min further out and you'll get there within an hour. Just take the 101-134-210 and you're set. Heading back it's hard to avoid the backup at the 405 interchange but as long as you're on the road by 4 it's really NBD.

[CA4Now]

You're going against traffic for the most part so it shouldn't be too bad. (If you get the job, I hope you move; otherwise, that would be one awful commute.)

[rosemarie87]

I find after 9 even isn't bad