Pete Murray lives in Encinitas which is closer to San Diego, probably a 2 hour 40 minute-3 hour drive, but White Noise Owl did record in LA which matches up with Vaporized's story, but that doesn't necessarily mean he got the gig even if he did play with them.
Gutt has been posting LA pictures for several months but nothing about music projects.
Pete could stay somewhere in LA though when rehearsing if he got the gig.
Or what if it's NEITHER of them???