With less than a week before the start of the long Memorial Day weekend, drivers are gearing up for road trips.
And that means finding the best possible price on gas.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the least expensive regular grade gasoline can be found at Western States Oil on Teagarden Street in San Leandro, GO! GAS & Food on High Street in Oakland, Safeway on San Pablo Avenue in Hercules and Mash Gas & Food on Bryant Way in Orinda.
All four stations were offering regular grade gas at $3.59 a gallon Saturday, according to Gasbuddy.com.
Closer to home, Marathon Gas on Alhambra Ave. in Martinez is $3.67
While the Bay Area is typically known for having the highest gas prices nationwide, many Bay Area stations are currently selling gas far below the California average of $4.16 for a gallon of regular grade gas.
While it is not uncommon to see higher gas prices approaching the Memorial Day weekend, Gasbuddy.com says the the price of gas has not been this high since 2014.
A cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline earlier this month forced the company to shut down a major fuel pipeline, resulting in gas shortages and heightened prices nationwide.
But that is not likely to stop travelers this upcoming holiday weekend. The California State Automobile Association reports that 34 million Americans are planning Memorial Day road trips.
Car travel is expected to increase 52 percent compared to 2020.
July 1, California drivers will pay 50.5 cents a gallon as excise tax goes up again. Add in other state fees, taxes, federal fees and excise tax of 18.4 cents a gallon, comes to 82.2 cents a gallon.
Have to agree with Fred, “… democrats will blame it in anything/everything else. They are genetically incapable of taking responsibility.”
Yep. The gas tax will go up every year – every single year – on July 1 Because clearly Californians aren’t taxed enough.
Wasn’t gas over four dollars in 2014?
Not sure about 2014, but I know there have been other times when gas was over $4.00. Sometime between Oct. 2018 and June of 2019 it was $4.00 or more, I remember because I was driving down to Pasadena, which I do 3-4 times a year (my daughter lives there) so I pay attention to gas prices. I transferred from Macy’s Stanford to Sunvalley Mall in Nov. of 2019, since I commuted from Concord to Palo Alto gas prices was a big deal for me, fortunately now I live only 10 minutes from work.
I’m pretty sure gas prices has soared under several president’s no matter the party.
Your economic ignorance is well known here. You are a democrat who works retail. That says everything about your intellect. Don’t hurt yourself trying to prove me right again. Trumps America was 100% energy independent for the first time ever. You have know idea what actual FACTS are or anything about the oil industry. Why don’t you keep to things in your wheelhouse like folding clothes and standing up for Denmark’s nazi collaborations.
@HP
A clear case of prolix logorrhea pleonasm.
Not only that, I’ll be giving a wide berth if I ever shop at Macy’s!
🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉
Correction.
Cat’sMeow meant to type @HJ not @HP.
OMG, is dumb contagious???
Senator Kamala Harris was going to hold hearings on price gouging of gasoline……especially approaching Holidays.
Then she decided she wanted to be POTUS…
we’re being had,friends!
yeah politicians well dem politicians say they want equity and fairness
have not seen them lift one finger to help anyone
they have talked alot and blamed trump a lot and blamed covid a lot andit seems they all got rich while we were on lock down
seems pretty obvious no dem is interested in helping anyone but themselves
hey harris whos your cpa i need a tax shelter living trust for my 1980 toyota truck
“have not seen them lift one finger to help anyone”
Well now that’s not completely true. In first two years of obama biden administration congress was in hands of DEMs. obama biden, with a DEM controlled congress, could have made positive change for minorities.
Here’s what obama biden administration did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccb-cwSFjP0
Still name calling I see.
Don’t they always go up about this time of year? Then again when about July? More people traveling by car means more income for big oil.
True to what you stated but also gas prices haven’t been this high in a long time.
Big oil doesn’t make the money…. Federal taxes and state taxes is where the money is made on the oil. Of coarse they make a profit, they are in business, but they make less than the Fed’s and State.
I have to share this comment from JWB in the politics column:
“If Trump would have been re-elected, which he was not, the economy would not be as good as it is right now and therefore gas prices would still be depressed”
yeah politicians well dem politicians say they want equity and fairness
have not seen them lift one finger to help anyone
they have talked alot and blamed trump a lot and blamed covid a lot andit seems they all got rich while we were on lock down
seems pretty obvious no dem is interested in helping anyone but themselves
hey harris whos your cpa i need a tax shelter living trust for my 1980 toyota truck
pay to play yaya
Why haven’t the Dems cried RACISM?? High gas prices disproportionately affects the poor, black, and brown people.
C’mon Dems! I thought people of color are your faves.
Considering that Democrats think people of color are too poor to buy a car and too stupid to get a driver’s license, they probably just assume the poor, black, and brown people are staying home and collecting their government cheese.
NO president, Democrat or Republican, has anything to do with the price of gas.
“President Joe Biden’s recently unveiled tax plan to accompany his $2 trillion infrastructure proposal takes direct aim at fossil fuel subsidies in favor of clean energy incentives.”
spglobal.com, 13 Apr, 2021 as in S&P ratings company
@jocko
You have no idea what you’re talking about. More first grade level thinking from non intellectual peons.. You truly have no understanding of the world you live in. Next you’re gonna tell us how the price of gas doesn’t relate to a head of lettuce or a (take your pick of any item) Democrats literally know nothing about how anything works. That’s what happens when you give everyone a trophy. You could google basic economics and figure out these things. But your worried about your pronouns and more government cheese. Deplorable
@hanne
Your economic ignorance is well known here. You are a democrat who works retail. That says everything about your intellect. Don’t hurt yourself trying to prove me right again. Trumps America was 100% energy independent for the first time ever. You have know idea what actual FACTS are or anything about the oil industry. Why don’t you keep to things in your wheelhouse like folding clothes and standing up for Denmark’s nazi collaborations.
Your economic ignorance is well known here. You are a democrat who works retail. That says everything about your intellect. Don’t hurt yourself trying to prove me right again. Trumps America was 100% energy independent for the first time ever. You have know idea what actual FACTS are or anything about the oil industry. Why don’t you keep to things in your wheelhouse like folding clothes and standing up for Denmark’s nazi collaborations.
@Jocko
Your statement is incorrect. Obviously, the uncertainty of a president’s actions can have everything to do with gas prices.
So Biden stopped the Keystone pipeline, but has cheered on the gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. Does that make any sense?
Russia bribed, er, I mean paid the Biden Crime Family more than Keystone. Case closed.
Keystone was not refineable oil for gas or heating. It Canadian sludge going ships from gulf ports to China to be made into plastics and other goods. Canada has refineries so any oil good for gas would be refined there
And that pipe line was the way around to a deep water port as well. The Port of Vancouver to the west and the Port of St John to the easy are closer. Canadians aren’t dumb as they don’t want the leaks and possible contamination on their soil. Let it happen to the self-centered greedy Americans
@Well Folks
And furthermore KXL was supposed to transport Canadian dirty sludge, so I’m not entirely sure how the “usual folks” keep preaching about US energy independence?
That Keystone pipeline was never completed.
It was all supposed to be for export anyway.
It had nothing to do with our already achieved energy self sufficiency.
When he revoked the permit, all Biden did was kill thousands of jobs for Americans.
Dr Jellyfinger
He only killed temporary construction jobs. The pipeline itself was only going to have 30-35 permanent pump station monitors. So in reality not that many permanent jobs were killed. And that amount of monitors is not enough. I have a neighbor who is a retired monitor from the Alaskan pipeline and he said that is not enough monitors. There are 300+ permanent monitors and 40 part-time relief monitors for the Alaskan line and the Key Stone line was close to length of the Alaskan line. He goes pack in the summer to work relief for vacation. He also said the construction speed was rather swift and that too should have had people worried. All in all according to him this pipeline project was disaster waiting to happen
All construction jobs are temporary….. duh.
Biden’s are in business with the Russians. Russia is biggest benefactor (Gazprom is owned by the Russian government, Hunter must be on the BoD) of Traitor Joe’s lifting of sanctions. Thought he was gonna be so tough on Russia??
C’mon man, tired of so many lies already.
…. and thank you Gov Newsom for delivering on your campaign promise to get to the bottom of the gas price gouging (particularly in the Bay Area) and hold the oil companies accountable ….. NOT! .another unfilled commitment
Marathon went up to 3.77😳
It seems to me you don’t remember the definition of a hoe. Or maybe it takes one to know one?
hmmm so the binbiden shutting down a gas pipeline does not effect the price of gas …..
i have to ask where in the book of fuel economics
have you arrived at your full dem face mask of knowledge
of government not controlling the price of gas
your highly pro dem bias media logic bewilders and astonishes yes even me
my mouth dropped to the floor and eyes shooting up to the ceiling arms out and trying to make sense of this enormous fact you have bestowed
i am sure the newscum would be flabbergasted as well that his gas tax was
taken so lightly and not given credit to him for placing several gas taxes on us
oh yeah another astonishing moment ….
to fix the roads that they refuse to maintain even though we pay taxes for them to do so
yep no effect on gas prices
or roads
or infrastructure
or anyone
not even dem voters
again what do dem politicians do for dem voters that make them so so so
overly loyal as to denounce america and its freedoms
err like speech and unbias media and arms to hold yes the government accountable in this republic for NOT addressing the will of the people
i guess if your stealing gas then no the gov does not effect your gas prices
i stand corrected
With the Tesla charged up, for free, we will be fine for over 350 miles. You gas guzzling suckers are just too bad. So sad.
I ♥️ visionaries.
Way to go and go and go, Jojo.
Keep on biking, too.
Saving the Benjamin’s right now for the new Lyriq. We’re a one car family with solar panels.
PG&E’s electric grid has become less reliable thanks to green-energy mandates. Rolling blackouts are becoming a summer norm. With more electric cars being mandated during a period when California has electric energy problems, only idiots would buy electric cars.
But speaking of energy problems, read: “President Biden — Making Russia great again”
https://bit.ly/3oGCiK0
Your Tesla is not charged up for free, you pay for all that you’re just not too smart to realize it.
Where do you “charge up for free”? And does your boss or neighbor know?
Would like to know where do EVs get charged for free ?
Free? Was the electricity you used to charge up your batteries created with magic?
Where do you have your Tesla serviced?
I charge my EV at work for free, and the buildings are covered in solar panels. They also have solar powered charging stations in the guest parking lot.
Nothing is “free”, you moron.
Typical for a society leech (democrat) to state that it’s free.
Geez! I was just reading about new battery cost for electric vehicles $5,000 on the low end, up to $16,000 & that does not include labor.
Better check those warranties too.
Some claim average battery life to be only 65,000 miles, while others claim a maximum life of 100,000 miles……. roll the dice.
BTW – Nothing is free….nothing.
Here are gas prices over the years.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPM0_PTE_SCA_DPG&f=M
We don’t even care, gas prices or a vehicles mpg has never been a concern for us nor will it ever be. We won’t bow down to needing to go electric vehicles ever as we left ve gasoline power!
Don’t look at me, I don’t think I voted for him…
Well aware of what it mean is the context used.
Gavin bin Lyin’ and Joe Biden are to thank for these prices. Voting has consequences, folks.
I’m sure 27 year old Anna Nicole Smith dated and married 89 year old billionaire J. Howard Marshall for love just like 29 year old Kamala Harris dated married 60 year old Willie Brown.
Nothing to see here.
In the above context, I well understand the meaning and the definition. In your context, it might be different.
Now, now.
Apparently, Ms. Dorothy has taken a brief break from bossing around her grandchildren and is now honing her shrew skills on us.
Sadly, more of them 🤡 than us 🦊.
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Perhaps Americans would not have such a major need for gasoline if they stopped driving their 8 MPG behemoth trucks while towing their 50ft condo behind them to go on a 3 day get away
WF: It’s none of your business where and how I drive my big 11 MPG truck or my 8 MPG hot rod around as long as I’m willing to pay for the fuel and maintenance! There’s enough oil under the ground in this country to last 200 to 300 more years. So drive what you like; but leave me alone, you pompous Know Nothing.
One of the BIG contributing factors….
Since last November 3, the average price per gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. has skyrocketed by 75 cents. The markets clearly see the Biden/Harris administration as one that will work to inhibit U.S. oil production, which will also have the effect of tightening the global market, and traders have responded by driving up the price of crude oil.
https://tinyurl.com/y3bfxy3c
This is a cut an paste from the article you cite Jellyfinger:
“Finally, is America energy independent? The clear answer to that is no: The U.S. is not now and has never really been energy independent in modern times. The goal most presidential administrations have pursued has been to enhance the country’s “energy security” by making it less reliant on imports of crude oil from other nations.”
So? You can quibble about whether or not we were “really” completely independent or not, but the fact is that NOW we are even MORE reliant on foreign oil…. thanks to Biden/Harris.
You mean so much that a disruption of oil production in Saudi Arabia cause the gasoline price in CA to spike over $4? Oh wait that was in 2019.
Here is a little tip of you. Try to figure out what you want to argue before you post here. So you don’t have to go in circles.
And by the way here is the number one reason as written in the article you cited:
“The loosening of COVID restrictions globally in recent months has led to a rapid recovery in global demand for crude oil that has exceeded the expectations of all of the “experts” on the subject, leading to a tightening of global crude markets;”
But of course, if the US would not have fired Donald, General Perna would still try to figure out how to get the vaccine out.
https://tinyurl.com/3uytybws
The US really dodged a bullet to get rid of this bunch of losers.
So? Trump did something about it in 2019.
Supply was increased and prices dropped.
I’m not going in circles, you were the one who brought up 2018 &19.
I just filled in the gaps you glossed over.
Trump took action.
What is Biden doing except making it worse?
If you can’t answer the question …. well, I’m not surprised.
This is actually old news but some folks just haven’t gotten the message.
https://tinyurl.com/sft56zpc
https://tinyurl.com/8saakkju
Dorothy –
Still holding yourself out as “better than” I see. Well you certainly would know, right?
Not to rub salt in the wounds, but gas HERE is up to $2.79 a gallon (before Kroger discount) and people are outraged! And we don’t even have a refinery here. Kleptofornica hasn’t made sense to me for a long time, and now I’m a long way away. Good luck trying to fix this problem under single-party rule.
You all who voted for Biden-Harris and Newsom you got what you wanted and don’t complain now. The entitlement crowd and all the Soros supporters and liberals want to make us socialists. Wake the hell up!