from a week ago, regular is 3.36 a gallon and depending where you live you can expect to pay a great deal more as you mentioned according to local media reports gas station in isolated highway in california was charging 7.59 a gallon for regular and almost 8 and a half dollars for premium. triple a says california leads the nation with the highest prices for gas averaging 4.54 followed by hawaii at 4.27, also on the top 5 list nevada, washington and oregon. speaking earlier this week at a town hall meeting president biden said there's no quick fix for the escalating gas prices. >> i can tell you, i don't have a near-term answer. there's two things i could do, i can go to petroleum and take out and reduce the price of gas, maybe 18 cents or so a gallon.