California’s Average Gas Price Reaches $5 a Gallon

The state’s price has hit $4.99, 17 cents more than last year. In Los Angeles and San Francisco it’s even higher.

Rising gas prices will make spring road trips more costly this year. Above, traffic on Interstate 80 in Berkeley, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

California’s spring breakers will pay more at the pump this year as the average price of gas reached $5 in California’s most populous regions this week, according to the latest figures by the American Automobile Association (AAA).

The average price per gallon for regular blend in the state was $4.99 March 25—17 cents more a gallon than last year, AAA reported.