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Calif. gas prices jump by up to 20 cents overnight
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Motorists drive past a gas station in Los Angeles Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Motorists in California paid an average of $4.232 per gallon Wednesday. That is 45 cents higher than the national average and exceeded only by Hawaii among the 50 states. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Posted 10/5/12
SAN FRANCISCO — Californians woke up to sticker shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by up to 20 cents a gallon in some areas, prompting some stations to close and others to charge more than $5 a gallon.
The AAA Daily Fuel Gauge report says the average price of gas across the state was nearly $4.49 a gallon — highest in the nation.
In Southern California, the price jumped 20 cents a gallon to $4.53 in Ventura and 19 cents to nearly $4.54 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area.
In San Francisco, a gallon of regular gas is nearly $4.60.
In many areas, prices have jumped 40 cents in a week.
Refinery problems have helped send wholesale prices soaring.
Some stations ran out of gas and closed Thursday rather than pay those costs. The Los Angeles Times (lat.ms/OGwEV2) says some Costco stations closed.