California Gas Prices Equal All-Time High
AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge report released early Saturday says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded across California rose 12 cents from its Friday mark of nearly $4.49.
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AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge report released early Saturday says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded across California rose 12 cents from its Friday mark of nearly $4.49.
Today on the CBS Local forum, Romney and Obama were asked: What will you do to make the U.S. more energy independent?
A state senator called for a legislative hearing regarding California's oil refineries after Chevron announced that a unit at its Richmond refinery will remain closed until next year.
California gas prices finally have begun to fall after a month that saw them surging by nearly 50 cents a gallon—but a continuing refinery shutdown may keep supplies short.
Americans continually hear that the president of the United States can do nothing about gas prices. John Hofmeister says that isn't true. The doubled gas prices could have been avoided but no one in a political position who can do anything about the prices wants to do anything.
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The California Air Resources Board announced Sunday evening that it is easing certain restrictions on gasoline production in response to a directive issued by Gov. Jerry Brown.
It's official: the California state average for a gallon of gasoline has never been higher.
Throughout California, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline jumped 8 cents overnight to $4.32 and was up 18 cents during the past week, according to the AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge.
Motorists in California paid an average of $4.232 per gallon Wednesday. That's 45 cents higher than the national average and exceeded only by Hawaii among the 50 states.
Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans with drenching rains and fierce winds.
Chevron's 245,000-barrels-per-day Richmond refinery could be shut for a couple of months following this week's fire at the plant's crude unit, a union official told CBS 5 on Wednesday.
Wholesale gas prices spiked Tuesday throughout California in the aftermath of fire that shut down Chevron's Richmond refinery, which is one of the top crude production facilities for the West Coast.
A fire that burned out of control for hours Monday night at the Chevron oil refinery in Richmond shut down the facility's crude processing unit, causing concern that gas prices could be driven higher as a result.
The survey by AAA projects nearly 5 million Californians to head out of town for the July 4 holiday.
Five months before the presidential election, this rating is disastrous for Obama – almost as disastrous as the lack of any results for America these past four years.
Believe it or not, wholesale gas prices on the West Coast are now among the lowest in the nation. That's led to a dramatic drop in petrol prices in San Jose, in particular.
High gas prices and economic uncertainty likely won't keep travelers from hitting the road, the experts are predicting.
Motorists across most of the country have been getting a break on gas prices, but not on the West Coast.
What about you? Ready to ditch your conventional gasoline car? How about a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicle?
Average gas prices in the Bay Area have skyrocketed in the past month, jumping by 51 cents to $4.41 per gallon, according to a report released this week by AAA.
As gasoline prices continue to rise, many Bay Area motorists are asking the question: Where's the cheapest gas to be found in my community?
With gasoline prices in California up nearly 26 cents a gallon from last week, hitting an average of $4.29 a gallon for self-serve regular in California, many Bay Area motorists are asking the question: where's the cheapest gas to be found in my community?
According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of gas in the state hit $4.20 this week.
In the fourth quarter, Chevron Corp.'s profits slipped by 3.2 percent to $5.12 billion, or $2.58 per share.
