If you were lucky, just a few weeks ago you could see gas under $4 in several locations in Contra Costa County… today, not so much. A week ago, gas was $3.98 at Arco on Brentwood Blvd, today, it stands at $4.33 per gallon.

As of January 2, the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in California stands at $4.70 — up 8 cents from last week. Nationally,  Nationally, gas stands at $3.10 per gallon, which is actually down two-cents from a week ago and down 12-cents from a month ago.

A look back at Contra Costa County average gas prices:

• Jan 2, 2024 – $4.74
• Oct 2, 2023 – $5.95
• Sept. 18, 2023 – $5.54
• Sept. 7, 2023 – $5.72
• July 1, 2023 – $4.80

Depending where you are at in California, gas prices are essentially back to where they were a month ago in  California Metro areas:

• Oakland – $4.75 today vs. $4.62 last week vs. $4.81 a month ago
• Sacramento – $4.66 today vs. $4.50 last week vs. $4.63 a month ago
• San Francisco – $4.93 today vs. $4.82 last week vs. $4.93 a month ago
• San Jose – $4.73 today vs. $4.60 last week vs. $4.73 a month ago
• Lodi/Stockton – $4.54 today vs. $4.36 last week vs. $4.47 a month ago
• Vallejo/Fairfield – $4.70 today vs. $4.55 last week vs. $4.73 a month ago.

Back on December 21, AAA reported it was possibly a wrap for falling gas prices with the national average falling to a low of $3.06 on December 18 only to see a six-cents increase to $3.12—the first weekly increase since September.

“Yukon Cornelius knows that Bumbles bounce, and evidently, so do gas prices,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “Daily gas prices will likely move back and forth for the next month or so.  Looking back at pre-pandemic 2019, the national average did not make a firm turn to moving higher daily until Valentine’s Day, February 14.”

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