(Four Day Holiday weekend to begin on the wrong foot)....Officials expect gas prices to increase beginning Saturday.

That is especially bad news fin California, where gas prices are already more than $1.25 above the National Average. They say the increase indicates gas prices will not be coming back down anytime soon. There is a possibility gas prices will not drop until around Labor Day, when supplies increase. The gas prices are not expected to be as severe as in other counties, but they are still expected to increase. Local prices average between $4.44 and $4.59, which is among the lowest in the state, The National Average, however, is at $3.56 per gallon.