Gas prices heading up again in California.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (239033)
Walnut Creek, California
July 18, 2026 12:00pm CST
After a fairly substantial slide,from $6 to $5 here in the suburban Bay Area, gas prices are heading back up here.
I wonder what will happen next. Trump says he has completely wiped out Iran's military, so oil tankers should be passing freely through the Strait of Hormuz. But then, I read they're not .
I even hear that Iran is now attacking US bases in the Middle East.
What gives?
What do you think will happen next?
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7 responses
@MarieCoyle (60499)
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18 Jul
On my way home this morning, the stations I drove past were from $4.19 to $4.39. It goes up and down so often even the gas app Gas Buddy thing can't keep up.
I think we all worry about what could happen next.
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@crossbones27 (53240)
• Mojave, California
18 Jul
@MarieCoyle I always thought you were in California too, I do not know why I thought that, just did I guess. That makes sense if you in the midwest, to far to drive for me to get those prices. 
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@crossbones27 (53240)
• Mojave, California
18 Jul
Wow where is that at? That is cheap, well for these times in this place its cheap.
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@MarieCoyle (60499)
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18 Jul
@crossbones27
For the Midwest right now, that's expensive to us. Most of Illinois surrounding states are a lot less than we are, always.
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@crossbones27 (53240)
• Mojave, California
18 Jul
Yeah I know, was 4.75, now its 5.15 to 5.50 in my area and the 76 went from 1.00 off per gallon to get a car wash to 40 cents. Man, fascism sucks. 
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@crossbones27 (53240)
• Mojave, California
18 Jul
@TheHorse We trying to be rich like you, quit slowing us down with this fascism bs.
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@TheHorse (239033)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Jul
@crossbones27 Maybe Fascists did not learn about "sharing" in Kindergarten.
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@wolfgirl569 (137632)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jul
It's going up here too. I think they have proven he doesn't know what is going on
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@RasmaSandra (99166)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jul
Our lowest here per the net is $3.85. People will not be able to use their cars.
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@moffittjc (129179)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Jul
I noticed yesterday that gas prices were rising again. I have a feeling this back and forth military action between the two countries is going to keep happening for the foreseeable future. And other Middle East countries are going to suffer collateral damage in the meantime.
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