With renewed refinery issues … gas prices are likely to jump 10 to 35 cents per gallon over the next couple weeks,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.

California gas prices are nearly $2 per gallon higher than the national average due to state policies, according to a new study from the University of Southern California. This new evidence contradicts state leaders’ insistence that “price-gouging” by local fuel producers and distributors is the reason for the state’s chronically high gas prices.