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AAA: Gas prices rise for 32nd straight day

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    Adam Housley reports from Santa Monica, California

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Gas prices they are up yet again triple -- says the costs have been rising.

Every day for the past 32 straight days national average gallon of regular three dollars and 75 cents it is mid February folks.

California seeing the worst of it statewide average their four dollars seventeen cents a gallon.

That's -- Adam -- leaves as.

Drive and out there today is a gas station Santa Monica California how high is it.

Where you.

Behind yeah.

-- -- We're gonna walk bill we're not gonna drive for the next couple recent gas prices come back down you know we're out here in the -- -- -- gas prices like this behind me.

-- afford -- nine for regular gasoline 519 for premium.

Thank you drive around -- other parts of the California could see gas prices consistently in the fives.

No one expected this in February no -- this in the middle of winner -- put to get us some numbers forty give you an idea of how -- how high prices have gotten across the country.

33 straight days they've risen now according AAA of course the -- -- Hawaii at four dollars and 28 cents or using the highest but here in the contiguous 48 California for sixteen.

New York 398 DC 394.

Michigan 391 -- -- -- 386 you can see that prices are significantly -- that you would normally see this time a year.

That's an increase over the last month look at since January 17 back then it was three dollars and 29 cents a gallon now.

It's three dollars and 74 cents a gallon at them like 13%.

Significant rises and bill.

Was were being told don't expect these prices to come down quickly any time soon.

What what do you hear from consumers they start to get used to this -- -- are they ticked off about them.

I think you're a California used to open a sick so much wiggle out of literally realize -- drive as much in the summertime even here in the California car -- -- -- even notice it really to over the weekend -- like whoa wait a second.

These prices despite.

And we talked to consumers some are extremely upset others are kind of like myself just.

-- thinking about it now -- just now realizing that it's gone -- take a listen.

I think it's a form of extortion.

I drive through living -- knows that and -- basics and then getting.

And then having to deal with higher gas prices they -- really it has gone up quite dramatically I think just in the last few days guy I don't know what's going on my you know -- -- -- guy.

And as it seems like.

Oil companies are making some pretty good catch.

Now there are a number of reasons people are blaming for this refineries offline for maintenance in the wintertime.

The global demand has gone up significantly but also even superstore and sandy has taken a couple of refineries off line so whatever the reason bill prices hero like we have not seen in the winner and I'm looking at and now.

As if they were we what we saw last summer when people were complaining so.

Are you can -- when the normal price increase begins this summer driving season and April if they're starting from here you're talking about gas prices in California could reach well into the sixes per gallon.

Yeah and and reviewing existing data -- -- -- -- Santa Monica California.

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