Gas prices skyrocketing in the Bay Area! What has happened?

@TheHorse (223339)
Walnut Creek, California
February 17, 2025 12:30pm CST
We had a refinery fire in Martinez a week or so ago here in the Bay Area. I was paying $4.39/gallon a month or so ago at my local "discount station." But I was able to score fifteen gallons at $3.89 or so in a "rough neighborhood" when I went to my friend's house to play music. Prices then went up to about $4.69 at my local station. But the other day, as I passed by my local discount station, the price for a gallon of gas there was $5.15. I had never seen a jump like that in my life. Are gas prices changing where you live? Over the years, gas prices rise, but I have never seen anything like this before.
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4560)
• United States
17 Feb
Gas prices are rising here to the point where I have given up on the one hobby I was passionate about and that is night drives. I love the atmosphere, the vibes, the lights, everything. I love how the streets are deserted and the cars don't clog up the streets like in daylight. However, due to gas prices, that one hobby that actually motivated me in life is out the window. Oh well.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Feb
I am sorry you have had to give up one of your passions. Where in the US are you?
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lilacskies
@lilacskies (4560)
• United States
17 Feb
@TheHorse Thank you. In the east coast.
The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Feb
@lilacskies I hope you can get back to your evening drives soon.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (141878)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Feb
The prices were under $3.50 when I drove by some gas places yesterday. I have not went by Costco it is usually a little bit cheaper there.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Feb
I read this morning that gas prices are up a bit in Montana and Missouri (some of my "comparison places"), But nothing like the jump we have experienced here.
DE
@DaddyEvil (141837)
• United States
17 Feb
Nope. My brother took us to the laundromat two days ago and the price of gas was $2.80 a gallon. A quick search online shows that's still the price for gas at Walmart here. (We put gas into his car when he brought us home again.)
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DE
@DaddyEvil (141837)
• United States
17 Feb
@TheHorse We can only hope that's the problem there.
The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
17 Feb
Maybe it's just the refinery fire.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Feb
@DaddyEvil I am not sure what our current president is doing to bring gas prices down. Eggs are up here by almost 50 per cent. In less than a month.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (111824)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Feb
I will find out Thursday. But I guess they are
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Feb
I think they're up more in my neck of the woods than in other States.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (346592)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Feb
We filled up today and the price was really low in our terms. It wasn't low everywhere but there were queues at the service station we went to.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Feb
The price of everything seems to be rising in the US right now. I am not sure why.
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TaxiLady
@Ghostlady (1546)
• United States
17 Feb
We got gas yesterday at the place we normally get it for $2.75. We then went to the East side of town and found it for $2.71 a gallon. I live in Panama City, FL
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Feb
I do that kind of things here too. Gas is still under $5 in the Barrio.
Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (75129)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
17 Feb
The fire might've had something to do with it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (223339)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Feb
I am researching gas prices in other Sstates. Up a bit, for the most part, but not like my part of California.