Nancy Rivera Brooks, Los Angeles Times
In the morning, Nancy Rivera Brooks wrote an article about the soaring gas prices in California. As of now, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California is 4.614 dollars. Prices of gas are increasing about twelve cents a day from the beginning of this week. Why the sudden increase in prices? Gas prices started to skyrocket when Exxon Mobil's refinery was shut down in Torrance due to a power outage as well as other problems in other refineries. Analysts say that the gas prices will begin leveling off next week when the refineries will return to their regular production. The gas prices are so high right now, some gas stations have temporarily closed down because they can not afford to fill up their huge storage tanks that can hold thousands of gallons of gasoline. The last time prices have been this high was in 2008 when a gallon of gas cost 4.610 dollars. It is times like these were having a hybrid or electric vehicle will be worth it.
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