Updated and copied to Post 1.
So it looks like Highway 1 is the way to go. As for the meeting place, that can be determined in a bit. So far we have Weaksauce as a meeting spot. This might make for a good spot since there is a Safeway near by to pick up food.
So I am not too familiar with his part of Cali...so help me out here. From the looks of the map, we will be taking one of two routes to HWY 1...depending on where we meet. We can take 880S - 101S - 156W - 1 (which is the light blue route) or we can cut through using Highway 17 (HWY 17 is a much slower road) which will then take us to the 1 (which is the pink route).