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Wallet-sucking jump in gas prices not quite a record

The way gas prices are soaring here you might think it's been a record jump. Not quite. California's average price shot up 25.6 cents a gallon in the past week, from $4.031 to $4.287 on Sunday, according to AAA. But after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast in 2005,  the [...]

By | February 27th, 2012|3 Comments
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Why gas prices go up faster than they come down

How gasoline prices are set at your local station is pretty complex, but after talking with the gas price expert at the state Energy Commission, here are the basics: The wholesale gas price that oil companies charge their franchisees is based on a benchmark price, which typically results from the [...]

By | April 5th, 2011|5 Comments
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