Understandable. Would you have flown into LAX? And then get dropped into LA itself? Spare yourself.
But my better half is saying: no! You will miss out on seeing your family, flight is only a few hrs, and welcome to my state!
Not LAX; Sacramento from Atlanta, originating in Knoxville, TN. If the distance were 1,000 miles or less, or it was summer, I’d drive.