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Christmas gift at the pump: Gas prices hit 4-year low for holiday travelers nationwide
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Christmas travelers are getting a major break at the pump this year.
Gas prices have hit their lowest level in four years, leaving a little extra room in the budget for everything else that comes with the season.
Some 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday period of Saturday, Dec. 20, to Thursday, Jan. 1, AAA projects.
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Over 8 million travelers will take domestic flights — while 109.5 million Americans will be traveling by car for their year-end trips, the report noted.
In 2024, the national average price of gas was $3.04. This year the national average has dropped to its lowest in the past four years.
Christmas travelers are saving big as gas prices drop to their lowest level in four years, at an average of $2.855 across the nation. (iStock)
The record high prices of gas were recorded on June 14, 2022, at an average of $5.016.
The average price for a regular gallon of gas on Dec. 22 was recorded at $2.855 by AAA.
Eleven states are right now below the national average price for a gallon of regular gas. (Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)
Eleven states have been recorded below the national average.
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Take a look at this list from AAA.
Oklahoma $2.293
Iowa $2.430
Arkansas $2.418
Colorado $2.441
Texas $2.467
Wisconsin $2.472
Oklahoma has the lowest national price of gas at $2.293. (Chip Chipman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Tennessee $2.474
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Kansas $2.487
Louisiana $2.488
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Mississippi $2.486
Missouri $2.498
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Los Angeles, Ca
Rosemead High School student identified as teen stabbed to death in El Monte
Family members have identified 15-year-old Rosemead High School student Aziel Zacapala as the boy killed in a stabbing outside an elementary school in El Monte on July 10.
A candlelight vigil was held for Zacapala at the Rosemead skate park at 6 p.m. Saturday. The original location of the vigil was moved from 9700 Fern Street in El Monte, where the stabbing happened, as homicide detectives continue to investigate the scene.
Zacapala was one of three people stabbed during a fight that broke out on Fern Street around 1 p.m., according to information released by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the El Monte Police Department. Authorities were called to a local emergency room that afternoon, where two adults and Zacapala were being treated for stab wounds.
Zacapala was pronounced dead at the hospital. The adult victims are in stable condition and expected to survive, authorities said.
A GoFundMe page created to help Zacapala’s family pay for funeral expenses described the slain teen as a “beloved nephew, friend, son and high school football player” … “whose life was tragically cut short.”
“Aziel was a good kid, full of promise and kindness, and he had big dreams of making it to the big leagues as a football player,” the GoFundMe page reads. “His absence leaves a deep void in our family and community.”
Zacapala, known as “AZ” by fellow Rosemead High School students, was playing football with friends at Rosemead Park’s Fourth of July event days before the suspected attack, his family said. Now his loved ones are asking for community support as they mourn his death.
“His mother, who is currently unemployed and raising two other young children — including a newborn — has been doing Instacart orders just to stay afloat,” the GoFundMe reads. “Now, she faces the overwhelming daily hardships of supporting her family during this devastating time.”
As of Saturday night, the GoFundMe has raised $16,000 of its $24,000 goal.
No suspects were found at the scene of the stabbing and no arrests have been made in the case, authorities said.
“Investigators are still working to determine whether more than one suspect was involved,” LASD deputies said Saturday morning. “Currently, there is no suspect description available.”
Anyone with information about the stabbings is asked to call the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
Los Angeles, Ca
19-year-old arrested, accused of distributing marijuana to minors across Riverside County
A 19-year-old suspect was arrested for the alleged distribution of marijuana to juveniles across Riverside County. Authorities identified the man as Manuel Guerra Meza, 19, of Coachella. On May 15, deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station began investigating reports of a suspect who had been selling a variety of illicit substances to juveniles throughout the […]
Los Angeles, Ca
New details emerge in fatal stabbing of boy in El Monte
New details are emerging in the fatal stabbing of a boy near an El Monte elementary school that took place on Friday afternoon. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is assisting the El Monte Police Department in the investigation, the stabbing was reported around 1 p.m. Initially, the location provided by […]
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