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High gas prices are forcing some Bay Area families to change their plans this holiday weekend, keeping things local.
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High gas prices are forcing some Bay Area families to change their plans this holiday weekend, keeping things local.
Because of high gas and airline ticket prices, some residents are either paying too much to travel Memorial Day Weekend or staying home. Max Darrow reports.
Businesses dependent on diesel trucks in the Bay Area are taking the initial hit at the pump. In the end, it's the everyday consumer feeling the impact of the cost to fill up those trucks.
A Sebastopol company is offering a way to convert a current gas guzzler into an electric car.
As gas prices continue to rise, the average cost of regular has broken the $6 mark in San Francisco, casing drivers to rethink their budgets.
As gas prices continue to rise, the average cost of regular has broken the $6 mark in San Francisco, casing drivers to rethink their budgets. Andria Borba reports. (5/9/22)
The Biden administration is taking another step to lower gasoline prices as the Environmental Protection Agency will suspend the normal summertime ban on gas made with more ethanol.
While the national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline has decreased by 5 cents to $4.19 over the past week, Bay Area drivers are still paying $1.66 more a gallon than the rest of the country.
New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Trump.
Bike paths in San Jose are getting a facelift, just as more and more workers are considering commuting by bicycle as a way to beat rising gas prices.
The U.S. will be releasing one million barrels of oil a day from the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the next six months in an effort to mitigate high gas prices.
Californians are currently paying about $1.70 more per gallon than the national average. As lawmakers discuss ways to help offset some of the rising costs there is again talk of the "mystery surcharge" now seven years old.
The price of gas is going nowhere but up, and some people are just fed up.
Capitol Corridor on Tuesday announced a 30 percent discount on all one-way and round trips on the train line between the Sacramento area and the South Bay is being extended through June after initially being set to expire this week.
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his gas rebate plan Wednesday, which would send Californians who own cars up to $800 from the state to help offset record high gas prices.
A strike by more than 500 workers at Chevron's massive Richmond refinery will not impact the flow of gasoline to San Francisco Bay Area gas pumps, according to company officials.
With a refinery in Torrance struggling to return to full production, prices at the gas pump inched ever closer to $6 a gallon for regular unleaded Saturday at stations across the San Francisco Bay Area.
A group of Democratic lawmakers is proposing a plan to send a $400 tax rebate to every California taxpayer to help defray the increased cost of gasoline.
With the skyrocketing prices for gas, one Napa Valley resort is offering a unique incentive in its hiring process as the competition to hire employees has shifted into overdrive.
People all over the country have experienced pain at the pump lately. But soon, they may start to experience price hikes when buying plane tickets.
After approaching $130 a barrel last week, oil prices are now below $100 a barrel as of Tuesday afternoon. But so far, that has not translated to lower prices at the pump.
Ride-hailing services Lyft and Uber plan to add a surcharge for riders to help drivers manage the rising cost of gas across the country.
Around the Bay Area, prices are rising faster than they have in a generation, data released Thursday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows.
While drivers can't control rising prices at the pump as gas prices soar amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, experts offer tips to help maximize fuel efficiency.
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine is being blamed for higher gasoline prices in the Bay Area and across the country, logistics experts predict increasing costs could soon be felt at supermarkets.
