LA Times article today on drastically rising gas prices in California
Prices have increased nearly 50 cents since Jan 1.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gas1mar01,1,1046220.story?coll=la-home-local
They "sound bite" interview several consumers and business owners. Down near the bottom,

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gas1mar01,1,1046220.story?coll=la-home-local
They "sound bite" interview several consumers and business owners. Down near the bottom,
Michael Friend, a public health administrator in Northern California, commutes 160 miles a day in his turbo-charged Buick Grand National and often logs an additional 100 miles a week in work trips. It's an expensive regimen already, he said, and higher gas prices could add $585 to the annual tab.