Record high: California average gas price surpasses $6

PHILADELPHIA - Gas in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are just cents away from the staggering $5 mark as Philadelphia tops the record price.In Pennsylvania, the gas price average reached $4.95 on Monday with a penny increase overnights and 19-cent increase from last week.Philadelphia alone has already surged past the $5 mark with prices averaging $5.05 per gallon. Prices across the city are up an average of 21 cents from last week.Prices in New Jersey are quickly approaching Philadelphia as gas hit $4.98 a gallon to start the week.

RELATED: California's two largest reservoirs at 'critically low' levels"So, you know, as we move into these uncertain times with drought and climate change, that we know that we're doing everything we can to protect ourselves," Rickert told FOX 21 News Colorado. "You get that orographic lift from the mountains that brings the solution up into the cloud and then creates snowflakes," he continued. According to the news outlet, in 2020, extra snow from cloud-seeding generated over 300-thousand gallons of water.From the Pacific Northwest to the Colorado River Basin, irrigation districts already are warning farmers to expect less this year despite growing demands fueled by ever-drying conditions. Climate experts say March marked the third straight month of below-average precipitation across the U.S.

Gasoline prices continued to trend upward across much of Canada over the weekend and experts warn more increases are coming this week.

PHILADELPHIA - The first weekend of June came with a stiff price tag as gas hit new highs in Philadelphia and the surrounding Delaware Valley.Gas prices in Philadelphia soared to a record $5.01 a gallon Saturday, up a staggering 7 cents from yesterday and 16 cents from last week. Last month, one gas station in Philadelphia was charging $5.24 a gallon.In Pennsylvania, prices are inching closer to the $5 mark with an average of $4.91 a gallon, which is 5 cents high than yesterday and 15 cents more than last week.New Jersey matched Pennsylvania, charging an average of $4.91 a gallon.

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TRENTON, N.J. - Gas prices have soared to record highs again in New Jersey and around the nation at large following the Memorial Day weekend. AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of a gallon of regular gas in New Jersey on Friday was $4.83, up eight cents from last week. Drivers were paying $3.05 a gallon on average a year ago at this time. The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline shot up to $4.76, up 17 cents from last week. AdvertisementDrivers were paying $3.04 a gallon on average a year ago at this time.

Man shot multiple times in Hunting Park, police say. PHILADELPHIA - A man is in extremely critical condition after police say a shooting erupted early Saturday morning.Police say the shooting occurred outside a gas station on Hunting Park Avenue and North Broad Street around 4 a.m.A witness told police the incident began when two people started arguing inside a club.

PARKLAND, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 14: People sit in front of a photo display of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during a mass shooting on February 14, 2022 in Pine Trails Park in Parkland, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty I Authorities found a box with loaded firearms on a school campus in Parkland, Florida, this week less than three miles from the location of the 2018 mass shooting.The guns were found Thursday at Somerset Academy by a Broward Sheriff’s Office school resource officer, who then passed the discovery over to investigators, WSVN reported.

Betty White’s longtime Los Angeles home is officially off the market — and it sold for more than the original asking price.The "Golden Girls" star’s Brentwood, California, house sold for $10.678 million, according to ET.It had been listed for $10.575 million in April, as FOX Business previously reported.The single-family home, built in 1952, had a quick close after hitting the market for the first time in more than 50 years. BETTY WHITE'S LOS ANGELES HOME LISTS FOR $10.575 MILLION, AS LATE STAR'S CARMEL HOUSE CLOSES FOR WELL OVER ASKWhite’s husband, Allen Ludden, first purchased the property in 1968.White had lived there until her death in December 2021. The interior of the five-bed, six-bath home measures 3,029 square feet and sits on .72 acres, according to the Sotheby's Realty listing.The "parklike" property overlooks the Getty Museum and views of the mountains, and is described in the realty listing as "lovingly cared for." BETTY WHITE'S FUNNIEST QUOTES AND BEST LIFE LESSONS AS FANS REMEMBER HER 100TH BIRTHDAYThe buyer is unknown, and it is likely the house will be leveled due to the fact that the property sold at land value.The listing also noted that the property would be a "unique opportunity to build your dream home" on a flat lot in a "serene country setting."White’s Carmel, California, vacation house also sold earlier this year for over the asking price.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESSThe beachfront property listed at $7.95 million and sold for a whopping $10.775 million. White and Ludden originally purchased the land where they built their beach house for $170,000 in 1978, according to property records.The house’s construction was completed in 1981, the same year White’s husband died.White died on New

(L) Kim Kardashian attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images) (R) Eliahna Torres, 10, is pic UVALDE, Texas - Despite help from public figures, including a plea from Kim Kardashian, the father of a girl killed in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting was denied a request to temporarily leave prison to attend her funeral. Eliahna Cruz Torres, 10, was among the 19 children killed by a gunman on May 24 at Robb Elementary School in the southwestern Texas town.

The presence of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations suggests as she enters the twilight of her reign, she wants to put affairs in order, says one royal expert.

MENDOCINO, Calif. - Each week, the price of gas across the country – but especially in California – gets impossibly higher.Just before Memorial Day, the Chevron on Alameda de las Pulgas in Menlo Park hit $7.25 a gallon.Then, this week, one Chevron in Los Angeles was selling gas for more than $8 a gallon. And now, we've spotted gasoline costing $9.50 a gallon at a gas station in Mendocino. These prices are well over the average price of gas in the Golden State, which last weekend surpassed $6 a gallon for the first time ever, according to the AAA. This is an all-time high for the state.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.

Star Jones has one major regret from her time on “The View”. In honour of the show’s 25th anniversary, the 60-year-old TV personality reunited with Meredith Vieira, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Joy Behar, three of the four women alongside whom she served as an original co-host, and discussed what she wishes she’d been open about during her tenure. Barbara Walters, the show’s creator and the other original co-host, was not present at the reunion.

LANGHORNE, Pa. - After the brutal cold of a long winter and the gradual warm-up through spring, it's around this time when people are eager to hit the road for summer travel. But not so fast. The average cost for a gallon of regular fuel reached a new national high on Thursday of $4.71, according to AAA. Closer to home, Pennsylvania's average price at the pump rose to $4.80 per gallon. Motorists in New Jersey are paying an average of $4.79 per gallon, although south jersey skews slightly cheaper at $4.75.

CENTER CITY - An energized and motivated crowd of activists and council members are calling on the Kenney Administration to properly fund Philadelphia Parks and Recreation and the Free Library of Philadelphia as a hot and humid summer draws near."We’re constantly being asked to do all of these different things, and our budget always seems to get smaller and smaller or stagnate, despite the fact that the needs of this community are ever growing. At Christy alone, we lost four kids last summer," said Quan Brown, a local volunteer at Christy Park. "I don’t mean lost like on a field trip, I mean they were gunned down."16-year-old Kahree Simmons was one of those teens.

Star Jones has one major regret from her time on . In honor of the show's 25th anniversary, the 60-year-old TV personality reunited with Meredith Vieira, Debbie Matenopoulos, and Joy Behar, three of the four women alongside whom she served as an original co-host, and discussed what she wishes she'd been open about during her tenure.

PHILADELPHIA - The first official case of monkeypox has been reported in Pennsylvania, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday. The agency did not specify where in Pennsylvania the virus was detected, but Pennsylvania joins California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington as the U.S.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The CMA Fest is prohibiting any Confederate flag imagery at its four-day festival, following similar bans at other country music festivals.In a statement provided to The Tennessean, the Country Music Association said the decision to enact the policy this year was based on the personal safety of fans and to prevent discrimination."This year’s CMA Fest is our first major fan-facing event in nearly three years. We have always had policies in place that protect the safety of our fans and ban discrimination, but we felt it was important to further refine our language to explicitly outline what will and will not be tolerated," the statement said.Kelsea Ballerini performs on stage for day 2 of the 2017 CMA Music Festival on June 9, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee.

NEW YORK - Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for cheating client Stormy Daniels, the porn actor who catapulted him to fame, of hundreds of thousands of dollars in book proceeds.The California lawyer, currently incarcerated, learned his fate in Manhattan federal court, where Judge Jesse M. Furman said the sentence will mean that Avenatti will spend another 2 1/2 years in prison on top of the 2 1/2 years he is already serving after another fraud conviction.The judge said Avenatti's crime against Daniels was made "out of desperation" when his law firm was struggling.

Fuel prices at a gas station in Woodbridge, New Jersey, U.S., on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. From record prices to blowout spreads and falling stockpiles, a handful of financial and physical indicators are pointing to expensive and possibly tighter gasoli PHILADELPHIA - Gas prices continue to rise across the Delaware Valley, with all three states seeing an increase Wednesday night into Thursday. According to AAA, Pennsylvania's average pre increased by 2 cents overnight, pushing the average cost to $4.80 per gallon.

PESCADERO, Calif. - A mountain lion was safely removed from a high school it had entered earlier on Wednesday morning, officials say. Despite the scare, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said all students and staff were safe.The 4 to 6-month-old big cat was removed from Pescadero High School by California Department of Fish and Wildlife crews. The sheriff's office tweeted that everyone was safe at about 9:30 a.m.

VAN NUYS, Calif. - A 16-year-old student was rushed to the hospital after being shot outside a high school in the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon.SkyFOX was over the heavy police scene outside Grant High School in Van Nuys. The Los Angeles Police Department says a 16-year-old boy was shot while crossing the street in front of the school near the intersection of Oxnard Street and Coldwater Canyon a little before 3:30 p.m. Officials tell FOX 11 that the shooting victim was a Grant High School student.The shooting prompted a lockdown at Grant High School before going into what police call a "modified dismissal" after 4 p.m.

The HSE is considering the "quality" of a draft report commissioned to examine the care of patients at a Dublin nursing home during Covid-19 before the report is "finalised".

LOS ANGELES - Jada Pinkett Smith turned her husband’s Oscar-night blowup into a teachable moment about alopecia areata, the hair-loss disorder affecting her and millions of others that, in some cases, can impact a person’s sense of identity.BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 27: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 27, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lione "Considering what I’ve been through with my own health and what happened at the Oscars, thousands have reached out to me with their stories," Pinkett Smith said on Wednesday’s episode of "Red Table Talk."The actor said she chose to use "this moment to give our alopecia family an opportunity to talk about what it’s like to have this condition" and what it is.

LOS ANGELES - One gas station in downtown Los Angeles is charging upwards of $8 a gallon for regular gas. This comes as gas prices continue to rise across California and the U.S.  The average price in Los Angeles County rose to a record $6.172 on Tuesday. However, the Chevron station off Alameda in Downtown LA is charging over $8 a gallon. Many people in the area say the station is price gouging. In a statement released to FOX 11, Chevron said there are multiple factors that go into the price of a gallon of gasoline, "including some unique ones specific to California." The company added that the majority of its branded stations in California - including this one - are independently owned.

Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison and thrown into the air Monday morning, park officials said. Several news outlets reported that the woman later died of her injuries.Global News has been unable to confirm the woman’s death, and has reached out to the National Park Service for clarification.The unnamed woman was hiking through Yellowstone when she approached a bison near a boardwalk at Black Sand Basin, which is just north of the Old Faithful geyser.Park regulations mandate that visitors stay more than 25 yards away from bison.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is on the hunt for a rapist who stalked his victim and then forced her into a park where he sexually assaulted her in broad daylight.The shocking incident occurred on Tuesday at about 8:30 a.m. in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.The man was waiting for the 38-year-old woman to leave her home in the area of Beech Terrace and Beekman Avenue when he approached her with a knife and forced her to follow him, said police.The suspect lead the woman to St.

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to meet with infant formula manufacturers as his administration works to ease nationwide shortages by importing foreign supplies and using the Defense Production Act to speed domestic production.The White House said Biden would host a roundtable Wednesday with leaders of manufacturers ByHeart, Bubs Australia, Reckitt, Perrigo Co. and Gerber.

HONG KONG : China’s global campaign to expand the reach of its political positions is helping it secure a coveted piece of online real estate: first-page search results on Google and other major Western portals. Content reflecting Beijing’s position on its human-rights record and the origins of Covid-19 now regularly appears among top results on Google, Bing and YouTube, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution and another Washington think tank, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, which seeks to study and resist the influence of authoritarian governments.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday said that testing for coronavirus will be ramped up in Mumbai as the test positivity rate in Maharashtra capital has jumped to 6%. The Mumbai civic body warned saying that daily new Covid-19 cases have tremendously increased in the city.

Rolling Stones icon Ronnie Wood has spoken openly about his health in recent years - including battling cancer twice since 2017.The star was diagnosed with cancer for a second time during lockdown in 2020, with Ronnie admitting that it has taken "a lot of fighting, a lot of stamina" as he fought the disease.However, he has since revealed that he has been given the all-clear - as he prepares to embark on a tour with his Rolling Stones band mates across Europe - including several dates in the UK.As Ronnie turns 75 years old today (June 1, 2022), Daily Star takes a look at his health battles - and how he is planning to "make everyday precious".In 2017, Ronnie Wood revealed that he has been diagnosed with lung cancer.Macmillan Cancer Support explains that lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, with around 47,000 people diagnosed with it each year.The star attributed to his 50 years of smoking "25-30 cigarettes a day," and told The Express that at the time he dedicated "time to say goodbye" to loved ones, admitting that the disease "could have been curtains" for him.Following his diagnosis, Ronnie underwent an extensive procedure, which involved a five hour operation to remove part of his lung.One year later, the rock icon received the news that the surgery had been a success and that he was a cancer free.However in 2021, Ronnie opened up about battling cancer for a second time in five years, after he was diagnosed with small-cell cancer during lockdown.Small-cell cancer commonly arises in the lung but can affect areas such as the prostate, pancreas, bladder or lymph nodes.Macmillan Cancer Support explains that small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) makes up around 15 percent of all lung cancers, with non-small cell

Cale Makar had three points, including a controversial goal, as the Colorado Avalanche outscored the Edmonton Oilers 8-6 to take Game 1 of the NHL’s West Final.

This morning police in Fridley were called to the Two Stooges bar in Fridley after a report of an altercation involving gunfire. NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An elderly woman was killed and two males wounded when an argument between two females erupted into gunfire Tuesday at a university campus after a high school graduation there, New Orleans police said.The males received wounds that were not life-threatening — one hit in a shoulder, the other in a leg, authorities told news outlets.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 19: Musician Snoop Dogg of Mount Westmore performs on stage at Pechanga Arena on May 19, 2022 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Daniel Knighton/Getty Images) Rapper Snoop Dogg announced on social media that he will cancel all non-U.S. tour dates for the remainder of the year."Due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts, including family obligations and upcoming tv and film projects, Snoop Dogg regrets he is canceling all upcoming non-U.S.

MORRO BAY, Calif. - Stanley the rooster gets to do a lot of cool things.He gets to take rides in the car, go to the beach and pose for silly pictures, posted on Jennifer Guelker's Facebook page, BackYard Chickens.But because this rooster lives in Morro Bay – a seaside city in San Luis Obispo County -- he's also an expert surfer.Guelker took video of Stanley perched on top of her robotic vacuum cleaner, calmly sucking up dirt and dust from the hardwood floors.A child's voice can be heard giggling in the background. Guelker described Stanley as "special rooster" who "likes to hangout with everyone." For more of Stanley's adventures, click here. Advertisement 

Stock photo of a cow and calf moose in State Forest State State Park. Photo Credit CPW / Vic Schendel BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. - A female runner was injured when she came across a cow moose, believed to have been protecting her newborn, while running on a Colorado trail. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the incident happened last Thursday morning on the Campion Trail in Breckenridge. "The runner was focused on the trail and looking down at her feet," CPW District Wildlife Manager Jacob Kay said in a news release.

FILE IMAGE - Eggs in a carton sit on a kitchen counter in Lafayette, California, in a file image dated Jan. 15, 2021.

Rhode Island farmhouse that was the real-life setting of a story that inspired the 2013 horror movie The Conjuring has sold for more than US$1.5 million, 27 per cent above the original asking price.The Colonial-era home was the site of an alleged haunting that plagued the Perron family in the 1970s. The details of their account were dramatized for director James Wan’s beloved flick.The Conjuring depicts a family moving into their dream home in Rhode Island, but they soon find themselves haunted by supernatural activity. The family hires paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren to deal with the malevolent — and violent — spirits.

BURLINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Veterans Memorial Park in Burlington Township, equipped with a tangible display of our military branches, honored our country’s fallen servicemen and women Monday afternoon for a Memorial Day service.  For gold star mother, Lisa Brunner, the moment when taps plays at the Memorial Day service is when everything hits home for her.

COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 2021.A new study released Monday by the Canadian Medical Association Journal tried to answer that question but came up short. Coroner says Quebec Health Department chose to ignore COVID-19 risk in long-term care The study says Quebec had 4,033 excess deaths during that period but reported 11,470 COVID-19 fatalities — almost three times more.

NAPA, Calif. - The weekend arrest of Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, on suspicion of driving under the influence came after the Porsche he was driving was hit by another vehicle in Napa, authorities said.Paul Pelosi, 82, was taken into custody shortly before midnight Saturday in Napa County, according to a sheriff’s office online booking report.He was driving a 2021 Porsche into an intersection and was hit by a 2014 Jeep, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement late Sunday.No injuries were reported, and the 48-year-old driver of the Jeep was not arrested.Pelosi could face misdemeanor charges including driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content level of 0.08 or higher, the police booking report said.

NEW YORK - The NYPD is investigating after an 18-karat gold jeweled tabernacle worth more than $2M was stolen from a Brooklyn church. According to the NYPD, burglars broke into St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope sometime between May 26 and May 28 and forcefully cut open an alter. Once the thieves were inside, they stole the pure 18-karat gold bejeweled tabernacle.The tabernacle, which is reportedly over a century old, houses the Holy Eucharist, the sacramental representation of Jesus Christ. A statue of an angel that was damaged by burglars who broke into St.

The Bank of Canada is likely to hike its benchmark interest rate another half a percentage point on June 1, further raising the cost of borrowing to tackle “persistent” inflation levels not seen in 30 years, economists predict.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 10: Bo Hopkins attends the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival's opening night gala and world premiere of the restoration of "Oklahoma!" hosted at the TCL Chinese Theatre IMAX on April 10, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jen Actor Bo Hopkins, best known for his roles in "American Graffiti" and "The Wild Bunch," has died.His family shared the news on Hopkins’ website with the following note:  "It is with great sadness that we announce that Bo has passed away.