Gas prices have been high all summer. And you’ll find the most expensive overall average in the north state foothills in Nevada County. A recent Triple-A survey shows it’s four-58 a gallon, which is six cents higher than neighboring Placer County and ten cents higher than Calaveras County. And spokesman Sergio Avila says there’s a more dramatic gap, when you look at valley prices. We’re 19-cents higher than Sacramento County and more than 30-cents higher than Yuba and Sutter Counties…

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Avila says the highest crude oil prices in seven years, combined with looser travel restrictions, have been major reasons that prices have been hovering around four-dollars or more a lot of the time this season. But he says relief at the pump isn’t too far away…

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Meanwhile, one California county has actually crossed the five-dollar mark. Sparsely-populated Mono County, in the Eastern Sierra, has an overall average of five-33 a gallon.