Gas Prices Continue to Inch Upward

Penny by penny, gasoline prices continue their slow, midsummer rise back toward where they were in late spring.

In the East Bay, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded is now $3.80, according to a California State Automobile Association website.

That's three cents more than they were a week ago. However, it's still 10 cents lower than they were a month ago.

This is the second straight week gas prices have inched up at the pumps after falling throughout the month of June.

It's a similar story across California. The average price for unleaded regular is also $3.80 a gallon. That's 2 cents more than last week and 11 cents less than in mid-June.

Prices in East Bay communities are hovering in that price range.

In Walnut Creek, the stations listed on a mapquest site that tracks gas prices show a range of between $3.85 and $3.89 a gallon for unleaded regular.

Castro Valley continues to have some of the cheaper prices in the region. Their stations are listed as selling unleaded regular for between $3.79 and $3.85 a gallon.

Livermore remains the town with the widest price range. Stations listed on the site are selling unleaded regular for anywhere between $3.75 and $3.95 a gallon.

If you want the cheapest gas around, you should drive to Concord. That town has the three lowest priced stations in the East Bay, according to gasbuddy.com. All three are listed as selling unleaded regular for $3.59 a gallon.

The Costco stores in San Leandro and Livermore both are listing as selling regular unleaded for $3.63 a gallon.

An Arco station in Livermore is also listed at $3.63 a gallon.

The highest priced gas in the East Bay is in Oakland. Eight of the top nine stations on the gasbuddy site are in that city. Two of them have unleaded regular for more than $4 a gallon.

An Arco station in San Lorenzo is in the top 20. Its listed price is $3.93 a gallon.