Column: Lighter traffic, easy restaurant reservations and other perks of the pandemic

The Harbor, Golden State and Santa Monica freeways didn’t offer clear sailing, but the misery quotient was lower than usual. Lance Hill of Torrance e-mailed me to say that his daughter’s 30-minute commute to his house, where she drops off his grandchild before continuing to work, is now a 20-minute commute. Hill, a retired civil engineer ...