@“aunt bea” With all due respect, while driving from Sac City to Cal, is certainly no cake walk, it is in no way 4 hours each way. Its a little under 80 miles one way—and I previously lived in the Berkeley Hills and taught at UC Davis, and not once did I ever have a 4 hour one way commute. If you time it right, its on average a 1 hr 20-30 minute drive, with everyday traffic patterns.