Bay Area Gas Prices, Traffic Race Towards Pre-Pandemic Levels
Gas prices in the Bay Area are racing towards pre-pandemic levels as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues and more cars and drivers hit the road.
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Gas prices in the Bay Area are racing towards pre-pandemic levels as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues and more cars and drivers hit the road.
For those not working remotely, the cost of commuting in the San Francisco Bay Area continues to soar as the price of a gallon of gas has become more expensive than anywhere else in the country including Hawaii, according to Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey.
If there has been a smallest of silver linings to the nearly four months Bay Area residents have been sheltering in place, it was plunging prices at the gas pump.
California is suing two multinational gasoline companies for allegedly manipulating the state's gas prices and increasing costs at the gas pump.
As the Bay Area remains under a shelter-in-place due to the coronavirus pandemic, those who are driving are paying gas prices that haven't been seen in years.
Typically around this time of year, gas prices are cheaper. But not this year. AAA reports Bay Area drivers are paying record prices right now. Those gas prices have never been this expensive right before Thanksgiving.
Gasoline prices have spiked in California, soaring well above what most Americans are paying at the pump.
With the booming economy and busy freeways, getting from place to place in the Bay Area can be time-consuming. And with a recent spike in gas prices, it's becoming more costly as well.
Prices at the pump in the Bay Area could jump at least 10 cents a gallon as a result of this weekend's drone attacks on oil sites in Saudi Arabia.
Drone attacks claimed by Houthi rebels in Yemen have set huge fires at two facilities run by Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company at a vulnerable choke point for global energy supplies.
Gas prices in San Francisco have fallen nearly five cents per gallon in the past week, continuing a downward trend over the last several weeks.
California's skyrocketing gas prices could be driven by "possible market manipulation" by a handful of well-known retailers, according to a new government analysis.
Bay Area gasoline was more expensive than any place in the country for the month of April, according to new data released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
With gas soaring near $4 a gallon in San Francisco, a petroleum industry groups says it's best to avoid the weekend if you are looking for a deal on a fill-up.
Lingering refinery problems and the annual shift to cleaner burning summer gasoline will likely send gas prices to $4 a gallon or more in California for the first time since July 2014.
Gas prices across California are averaging $1 above the national average and refineries are being blamed for the higher prices.
A recent report by the state's Petroleum Market Advisory Committee says California pays as much as thirty cents more per gallon than they should. Why?
Get ready for sticker shock at the gas station if you're one of the estimated 41.5 million Americans hitting the roads this Memorial Day weekend.
Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices along the way.
Summer driving will be more expensive this year. Thanks, OPEC. Prices at the pump are likely to be 14% higher than last summer.
The average price for gas in the Bay Area this month is $3.50, while the statewide average for March is $3.47.
Wall Street is having its worst day of the Trump presidency. The Dow dropped more than 665 points, or 2.55% on Friday despite a strong jobs report.
Oil prices have jumped by about one-third since the summer and consumers will feel the effect at the gas pump and when they travel by air.
The California gas tax means hundreds of millions of dollars and improved public transit.
Gas prices in cities across the Bay Area and California are on the rise, according to a AAA spokesman.
