Gasoline prices at the pump around Arizona are the same as last week.

I came close to dying three times last week. Driving straight east on Baseline Road, I had a full green light. The oncoming car, stopped in the left-turn lane, suddenly jumped forward trying to turn left in front of me. I missed her by skinny inches.

Gasoline prices at the pump around Arizona are up slightly.

A surprise awaits Arizonans at the pump this weekend – the lowest Memorial Day fuel price in three years. This week, Arizona’s average is up less than a penny to $3.450 per gallon. Nationally, prices rose 5.8 cents to $3.659 per gallon.

Arizona drivers saw pump prices rise last week after 10 consecutive weeks of falling, according to AAA Arizona.

East Valley drivers continued to see a drop in pump prices in the last week while the nation's average increased.

Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Tempe, Ahwatukee, Apache Junction and Queen Creek drivers are seeing yet another drop in pump prices, according to AAA Arizona.

Drivers got another break at the pump as prices dropped below $3.50 per gallon in the last week.

Once again, East Valley drivers are playing less at the pump this week, according to AAA Arizona.

Once again, drivers in Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek and Tempe are paying less at the fuel pump than the previous week, according to AAA Arizona.

East Valley fuel prices shed another 3 cents in the last week, according to AAA Arizona.

Pump prices jumped more than a dime for East Valley drivers in the last week, according to AAA Arizona. And in the last month, they have increased nearly 60 cents.

East Valley drivers paid nearly 11 cents more per gallon for gas last week, according to AAA Arizona.

Arizona motorists are paying more at the pump for the second consecutive week.

Drivers around the East Valley saw pump prices jump about .7 cent on Thursday, according to AAA Arizona. Fuel prices were at $3 per gallon around Mesa, Gilbert, Tempe, Chandler and the Ahwatukee Foothills.

Arizona motorists are paying less at the pump for the eighth consecutive week.

Washington  --  The number of Arizonans taking Thanksgiving trips by car will likely increase for a fourth straight year, despite higher gas prices and a report showing state residents now spend almost 6 percent of their incomes on gasoline.

Arizona motorists are paying less at the pump again this week.

Arizona motorists are less at the pump again this week.

Arizona motorists are paying less at the pump again this week.

WASHINGTON — Economic growth is pitiful. Unemployment has topped 8 percent for an exhausting 43 months. The nation is careering toward a so-called fiscal cliff, and maybe a recession.

While state and national gas prices jumped about 11 cents in the last week, East Valley drivers are paying 12.3 cents more — $3.575, according to AAA Arizona.

NEW YORK — Drivers are being hit with the biggest one-day jump in gasoline prices in 18 months just as the last heavy driving weekend of the summer approaches.