This might matter to your life if (a) you're attending Comic-Con in San Diego next week, (b) you're attending Preview Night on Wednesday and (c) you'll be driving down from the North on the 5 Freeway that day. If all three of those apply to you, read The Next Paragraph. If all three do not apply to you, skip The Next Paragraph and The One After.
The Next Paragraph: You might (might!) encounter a helluva traffic jam when you hit the Del Mar area. It's the opening day of the season at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, aka Del Mar Race Track. In years past, that has sometimes resulted in immense slowdowns and even full stops for long stretches of time on the 5…but sometimes, it does not. One year when it was backed up all the way to Oceanside, I took the 78 east there to the 15 south to the 163 south which took me right into downtown San Diego in a lot less time than staying on the 5, where I might still be.
The One After: But this might not be necessary and even if it is, Waze might be able to find you an even better route. Waze could probably find me a faster route from my office to the bathroom in my office and it would show me all the places in-between where I could stop and get a Subway® sandwich.
And in case you're curious, the San Diego Padres will not be at Petco Park next to the convention center while we're in town. They'll be in Philadelphia getting massacred by the Phillies. If they were in town, we could send over a band of cosplayers dressed as Muppet Babies to beat them.
Not much else to say about the con today. I have been warned that some streets in San Diego that are usually not closed during the con will be closed during the con but I don't know which ones. I just assume there will be no possible way to get into or out of the hotel where I'm staying. Even Waze may not save me there.