(Stacker) – Stacker compiled statistics on gas prices in Arizona using data from AAA. Gas prices are as of May 1.

Arizona by the numbers

– Gas current price: $4.72

– Week change: +$0.08 (+1.7%)

– Year change: +$1.41 (+42.8%)

– Historical expensive gas price: $5.39 (6/17/22)

– Diesel current price: $5.80

– Week change: -$0.08 (-1.3%)

– Year change: +$2.30 (+65.9%)

– Historical expensive diesel price: $6.21 (4/8/26)

Metros with most expensive gas in Arizona

#1. Scottsdale: $4.90

#2. Peoria: $4.84

#3. Phoenix Proper: $4.82

#4. Glendale: $4.82

#5. West Valley: $4.80

#6. Phoenix-Mesa: $4.80

#7. East Valley: $4.80

#8. Yuma: $4.75

#9. Flagstaff: $4.73

#10. Lake Havasu-Kingman: $4.70

#11. Prescott: $4.69

#12. Sierra Vista-Douglas: $4.55

#13. Tucson: $4.53

#14. Pima County: $4.53

States with the least expensive gas

#1. Georgia: $3.80

#2. Oklahoma: $3.82

#3. Mississippi: $3.83

#4. Arkansas: $3.84

#5. Louisiana: $3.84

Read on to see which states have the most expensive gas prices.

#5. Nevada

– Regular gas price: $5.15

#4. Oregon

– Regular gas price: $5.21

#3. Washington

– Regular gas price: $5.61

#2. Hawaii

– Regular gas price: $5.64

#1. California

– Regular gas price: $6.06

A California man is galloping to court after a Dutch horse dealer allegedly saddled him with a $500,000 lemon.

Gary Kamins sent his now 25-year-old daughter Gabby, who did competitive horse riding as a child, and her trainer Charmaine Levinson to Europe in August 2021, to pick out a horse for her to ride in competitions, he said in a lawsuit.

The pair settled on a $475,000 male horse named Grodino from Alan Waldman, whose Netherlands-based Waldman Horses allowed only a brief medical exam and provided no veterinary records, Kamins claimed in court papers.

But by the time the horse, whose barn name was “Dino,” was transported to the port of Los Angeles and on his way to Levinson’s Pacific Palisades stable, Kamins alleged it was clear something wasn’t right.

“Once Dino arrive at Cha Cha’s horse and training facility…[the horse] showed signs of physical pain and distress,” Kamins alleged in the California Federal Court papers.

Dino refused to do any jumps or training, and vets eventually realized he had a painful bone spur in its spine and a “progressive negative spinal condition.”

“Notwithstanding intensive veterinary care by Kamins for Dino, Dino never recovered and never competed in competition,” he claimed in the lawsuit, which alleged Waldman refused to refund the purchase price.

The doting dad was also out four years of funds he paid to Levinson to train and try to rehabilitate Dino, he said in the lawsuit, without detailing the amount.

He claims Waldman also paid Levinson an unknown commission.

Neither Waldman nor Levinson could immediately be reached for comment.

Most experts agree that the summer of 2026 could be a very active and dangerous fire season in Colorado. That’s why one of the state’s most vulnerable communities spent their Saturday morning preparing.

Much like the meager melting snowfall, it started off as a trickle, eventually gathering at a lower elevation. It was the stream of people in the hills of Evergreen evacuating their homes.

“We are petrified, it is so dry. It has never been this dry. We’ve always worried about wildfires, but this year it’s not an if but a when, I think,” said Evergreen resident Sarah Forbes.

This wasn’t an emergency, just a drill put on by Clear Creek and Evergreen firefighters and the Clear Creek and Jefferson County Sheriff’s Offices. They say practice is important because if a fire starts in or near Evergreen, getting people to safety will take a lot of work.

“The roads weren’t built for mass evacuations. The populations are growing up here in the mountains, and getting that many people out in a very short period of time is going to be a challenge,” said Evergreen Fire Chief Michael Weege.

The drill gives the fire and sheriff’s departments data they can use in a real emergency, and highlights flaws in the system that can be fixed ahead of time.

“We’re hearing some things about the 911 system itself. The notice came out as spam on their phone, and that could be a setting on their phone not recognizing the number,” said Weege.

And residents got a chance to shore up their own evacuation plans. Forbes said they had to re-evaluate things partway through the evacuation drill.

“We had already packed our bags a while back, and we had a list of last minute items to plan to grab. And then my husband starts pulling up with all these bins and boxes from the basement. I was like, ‘What is all this?’” said Forbes. “He thought we were taking two cars.”

Forbes said she’d rather take one car and that they would need to pare down the items they bring during an evacuation.

Officials say they were blown away by the community’s willingness to participate in this exercise. They say they were expecting a couple of dozen volunteers to evacuate their homes. Instead, they got around 1,300.