We've seen our gas prices go up more than 25 cents since the first of the year. This is the fastest increase ever in the 10 years we've done the survey during this time of year.
The only consolation is that prices in North County tend to run about 3 cents cheaper (than the rest of the county).
By our reckoning, ethanol has added about 20 cents a gallon to the cost of gasoline here in California.