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Century Gothic Bold Otf5/31/2023 “It’s not like you can change your career overnight,” said Khvann, a part-time real estate agent. She spends about $800 a month on fuel shuttling around her children. “It’s unfair,” said Sonya Khvann, a single mother of three, who was pumping gas in Alameda on Friday. Although fuel costs are still down from their peak in June, drivers are contending with nearly seven months of average prices topping $5 a gallon. It’s going to go up even more.”Īverage prices in the Bay Area are even higher, with San Francisco drivers closing in on $6 a gallon, and many commuters are desperately waiting for gas-rebate checks from the state, which are set to hit most bank accounts in October. “If this holds, we’re just starting to see the increase. “The commodity price of gasoline in California has gotten completely out of whack,” said Severin Borenstein an energy economist at UC Berkeley. The premium gas at this station is $6.29 per gallon while the Chevron gas station across the street cost $6.59. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 23: Sonya Khvann, of Oakland, fills up her SUV at a 76 gas station in Alameda, Calif., on Friday, Sept.
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