Breaking it down by cities, on Friday, the average price in Oakland is $6.37 a gallon, San Jose is $6.38 a gallon and San Francisco is $6.50 a gallon.
The prices are curbing drivers' plans.
Laura Dena and her sons would have typically go to Southern California around Memorial Day weekend to escape Arizona’s scorching heat. But this year, because it takes at least $100 to fill up her truck, they stayed home.
"It’s really frustrating," Dena said. "It’s upsetting, but there’s not much we can do. We have to pay the price."
Compare California's pain at the pump to other states: The national average is nearly $4.76 a gallon.
While that's less expensive than California, that price is also a record.
"The price of gas is ridiculous," said Joel Baxter, a nurse, who was filling up his car at a BP station in Brooklyn, New York, so that he could commute 26 miles to work. "The money, your salary, is practically the same, and everything is going up, so they should do something about it."
The high price of oil is the main cause of the biting gasoline prices, largely because many buyers are refusing to purchase Russian oil because of its invasion of Ukraine.
