Gas prices hit $5.49/gallon in the Bay Area.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238370)
Walnut Creek, California
March 22, 2026 12:47pm CST
Gas prices continue to climb in the San Francisco Bay Area as the war in the Middle East rages on.
Are gas prices still increasing where you live?
My commute to work is only a couple of miles each way, so I will not be affected that much until I head to Montana this Summer.
Three of my students are performing this afternoon in a "Showcase" we hold every few months. Should be fun.
It has warmed up to almost 70 F here. I may grab my bike and some seeds and head out to the bike path for some illegal planting.
How is your Sunday shaping up?
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@celticeagle (190011)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar
The average price for good gas here is between $3.60 and $3.79. Low grade gas can be as low as $2.65.
I'm trying to catch up on here today.
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@celticeagle (190011)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Mar
@TheHorse ........yes, it is. Premium and such.
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@TheHorse (238370)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Mar
@celticeagle Oh. Premium is only 30 or 40 cents higher than Regular here.
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1529)
• Israel
23 Mar
I take public transportation most of the time, because of the parking problem. No parking in the center of town, even if I want to pay for it.
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@TheHorse (238370)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Mar
@lifecoachjerusalem I have never been to Israel!
@Shiva49 (28397)
• Singapore
24 Mar
@TheHorse Countries in the Middle East are badly affected. Most were peaceful but this war has had collateral damage on them. Their main revenue, oil, has been taken out of the market.
Then the petroleum importing countries with the closure of the The Strait of Hormuz.
In fact, poorer countries are affected most all over Asia.
NATO leaders choose to remain silent as airing their views will bring upon them the wrath of POTUS!
As regards China and Russia, it is as Napoleon said 'Never interfere with an enemy while he's in the process of destroying himself.'!!!
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@MarieCoyle (59396)
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22 Mar
I can find it for around $4 still, give or take. But I am sure that's temporary.
Remember when we were kids, and we could get $5 worth of gas, and it took us a long way? Now, we would be lucky to get from pump 1 to pump 2 on that amount!!
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@MarieCoyle (59396)
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25 Mar
@TheHorse
Oh, the good old days...but our incomes then were a lot smaller, too. It's all relevant.
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@GardenGerty (169585)
• United States
22 Mar
Ouch to the gas prices there. Ours are just $3.29 or so. You probably can do a lot on your bike. I would fall over. I am resting today, somewhat.
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@crossbones27 (53005)
• Mojave, California
23 Mar
That sounds about right. I did not check Chevron but most places here. 5.40 to 5.60.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54739)
• United States
22 Mar
Ouch, that is so expensive. We will fill up soon. It is $3.51 here.
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@wolfgirl569 (136039)
• Marion, Ohio
22 Mar
We got around 78 today. It was very nice outside. Hope you don't get arrested. Yes it's raising here yet
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@RasmaSandra (98127)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
22 Mar
I checked and the highest gas price is at $3.80 at the 7 Eleven. I hope the performance went well,
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 Mar
It is 3.39 here.
So way cheaper than there. But I think as a general rule its cheaper here.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
28 Mar
@TheHorse Well there are many reasons for that.
But I will get it for under $3 a gallon tomorrow The rewarde program I've got tnroubj Caseys gas gives me Fifty cents off a gallon
@LindaOHio (222898)
• United States
25 Mar
I'll be going out next week. I can check the pumps then. $5.49 is ridiculous.

@TheHorse (238370)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Mar
@lifecoachjerusalem All of my Israeli friends in the US are against it.
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1529)
• Israel
23 Mar
@TheHorse We in Israel are also against it. I am a private teacher and I can't go out to my students. All the kids have to stay home, so if I go teach clarinet in my student's home, we will get interuppted. When school is working properly, the other kids are not home yet.. . .
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1529)
• Israel
23 Mar
That is the same price we pay in Israel for gas. 7.30 nis a liter, so we pay $7 a gallon. . . the price will go up too. BTW, I am against this war too.
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