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Gas Lines Like It's The 1970s: Pleasant Hill

People were lining up all day at the Pleasant Hill Safeway gas station to cash in those reward points.

The line of cars snaked through the parking lot. It looked like a scene out of the 1970s, when OPEC decided to stop shipping oil to the west and gas prices shot through the roof, causing people to wait in long lines at the gas pump.

But Tuesday's line was only at one station — the Safeway gas station on Contra Costa Boulevard — and the customers were anxious to cash in on some of the cheapest gas around. The wait was only a few minutes, at most. 

For the past several months, Safeways around the county have been handing out gas reward points. For each dollar Safeway shoppers spend on select items, one point is awarded. One hundred points equals 10 cents off a gallon. Today was the last day to redeem those points for the month, and a lot of people waited until today to cash them in, apparently. 

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