Fill up now: Gas prices are going up
UNION-TRIBUNE - Lower gasoline prices were an unexpected holiday season gift, but the gasoline Grinches are back and prices are heading back up as the New Year begins. READ MORE.
Oil prices drop, but gas prices are up.
San Diego's gas prices are rising while oil prices drop. A few weeks ago we said gas prices were doing the "low price limbo." Today, they're doing the "contango" with the emphasis on "con." Full story.
Gas Prices: The party is over.
UCAN's cheap gas locator shows that local gas prices have dropped to the lowest price of 2008 on Friday, and will start
climbing tomorrow. Full Story.
UCAN's gasoline analyst tells the inside story behind the historic highs and lows of gas prices
UCAN's gasoline project manager, Charles Langley, is interviewed by KPBS Radio about the forces driving the volatility in gasoline prices during the past year, and where they're likely to go now, as California and the nation grapple with a deep recession. LISTEN NOW
Local gas prices plunge to the lowest level since 2004
At $1.89 a gallon, gas prices have dropped to the lowest level in more than four years, according to UCAN's gas project. More.
With gas prices at their lowest in years, "Black Friday" could be "Bleak Friday" for the oil companies ...
In San Diego today our Gas Project shows that the the average price for gasoline is $2.02 a gallon. Prices are plummeting, yet refineries are selling their gas for less than the cost of oil and losing money on every gallon. Is it because of "LIFO" accounting, as in Last In, First Out, or is is it LIFO as in "Lower In Fear of Obama," with the hope his administration doesn't take steps to break our addiction to foreign oil? Analysis.
In the last 30-days San Diego gas prices have plummeted by $1.08 a gallon.
Gas prices plunging faster than "Joe the Plumber" on a one-minute deadline ...
Gas prices have "plunged" to a low not seen in San Diego since November of 2006. More.
Oil falling: Gas prices crawling
UCAN predicts that at least a few very independent gas stations will be selling regular unleaded for as little as $2.50 a gallon soon ... but as cheap as they are, gas prices are still moving downward slower than oil prices because of wholesale price-redlining by Big Oil. More.
Gas prices dropping at half the rate of oil prices
Oil prices are about half what they were on July 3, at the peak of this year's gas gouging, yet gas prices in San Diego have only dropped 25%. More.
Nobody's Buying SUVs So GM, Chrysler, Ford Get $25 Billion Bailout
Today's successful business model exemplified by Detroit. Make SUVs and trucks nobody wants to buy, post record losses, get government bailout.
Free Gas and Free Cars
But only for state law lawmakers. While Californians struggle to pay record prices at the pump, we get the distinct honor of paying for our Legislators' gasoline purchases without any oversight. Read about this absurd perk at AP Exclusive: Gas cards give Calif. Leg. free ride.
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