California’s Gas Prices Highest in the US Before Independence Day

California’s Gas Prices Highest in the US Before Independence Day
July 1 rates at a gas station in Los Angeles County, Calif. Linda Jiang/Epoch Times
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As Independence Day approaches, California’s gas prices have hit a record-high since 2014.

According to the American Automobile Association (AAA), the national average gas price on July 1 is $3.123 per gallon but California’s average price for regular gas was $4.284, which was $1.535 higher than in Mississippi. The Golden state’s average price of a gallon of premium gas was $4.595.