Soaring gas prices hitting drivers hard across Central Valley

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Gas prices proceed to soar crossed the Central Valley, leaving drivers feeling helpless and their wallets feeling the pinch.

People successful Fresno are feeling symptom astatine the pump arsenic state prices proceed to skyrocket crossed Central California.

According to the AAA website, drivers person seen mean prices spell up 75 cents a gallon wrong the past month.

"In the Central Valley, surely implicit the past month, we've seen prices increase," said John Treanor, a AAA spokesperson.

Treanor says determination are ways to save.

"Speeding truly burns excess fuel. And it doesn't prevention you overmuch clip successful the agelong run. Try not to idle your car, if you idling your car, you're burning gasoline. If you tin carpool, perfectly carpool," said Treanor.

Carpooling is thing Fatima Villa does often erstwhile hanging retired with friends.

She spends much than 1 100 dollars a week connected gas. It's go truthful expensive, she's successful the process of making a change.

"I'm really gonna merchantability it origin of the gas. It's excessively overmuch gas. I'd alternatively person similar a hybrid oregon something. I privation a Camry," Villa said.

About 60 miles northbound successful Merced, 1 tiny concern proprietor says times are tough.

"When we archetypal started, state prices was astir 3 to 4 dollars. Now, it's kinda hard due to the fact that state prices are conscionable mode excessively high," said Jerod Winne, the proprietor of JW tract care

Winne runs a tract attraction business.

He says successful conscionable 1 week helium spends implicit $200 connected gas.

It's go truthful expensive, helium says he's chopped backmost his employee's hours.

"I conscionable commune each time that I'm capable to support going," explained Winne.

Experts accidental it's hard to foretell erstwhile state prices volition spell down.

Another mode to enactment up and prevention is to download mobile apps similar Gas Buddy oregon AAA.

These kinds of apps assistance you show wherever the cheaper state options are astir town.

For quality updates, travel Vince Ybarra connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.