george rutherford, great to see you and talk with you and the take away is, get the booster. it is not going to hurt you. it can only help. dr. rutherford: get your shot. take care. kristen: is ok. welcome back. gas prices continue to rise in northern california, to record heights in some cities. check out the latest isis via aaa -- average gas prices today for a gallon of regular. sonoma at $4.83, napa about the same. marin county, four dollars 80 five cents. san francisco, $4.87. congratulations, highest in the bay area, not a contest that you want to win. joining us to talk about what is driving prices is the head of petroleum analysis for gas buddy. patrick, thanks for your insights. patrick: thanks for having me. kristen: help us put these prices in perspective. they are rising very quickly. a year ago in the pandemic, they were very low. hat trick: exactly right. during the summer, they held relatively stable because the delta variant was keeping things in check. since the end of the summer around labor day, things have started to escalate. a lot of the reason is, energy

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. >> reporter: george rutherford says he expects pediatricians will play a big role in responding to big demand. >> we have the holidays coming up. you have a chance of getting two doses into your child before the december holidays, and i think that people are going to jump on that. >> reporter: the bay area has already seen a large turnout in the other young vaccine set, and the same is expected this time. >> we have been vaccinating 80 to 90% of 12 to 17-year-olds in the bay area, which is vastly higher than what is going on nationally or even in the state. i think here there is going to be a large appetite for it, which is great. >> reporter: the question now, when does the vaccine show up? when do they start administering it? some say it could happen as soon as the end of this week, if not as soon as early next week. we are live in lafayette, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> some bay area counties are seeing covid transmission rates rise just as those mask mandates a relaxed. >> kpix 5's andrea nakano tells us every county is now in the cdc's orange or red tear. >> reporter: here in ma

george rutherford says the current situation in california is not as dire as it was a year ago when there was a rapid increase in cases mid-november ahead of the holidays. there are still some similar trends. cases are rising, just not as fast. >> you look at the 2020 data. by the current dates, we are right on track for what happened last year. >> this graphic from the abc 7 data team shows daily cases in the bay area going back to the beginning of the pandemic. last year around this time, you can see there was an average of 924 cases a day. last week, the bay area had an average of 753 cases. statewide, this time last year, the state reported more than 10,000 cases a day. currently that number is just over 5000. how are you feeling about the state of cases in california? >> not horrible. not great. we are at a balance at this point. >> dr. rutherford says more people need to get there booster shots and more young people need to get vaccinated. he says in england at is adolescents aged 12 to 15 who have been slow to vaccinate and/or leading to a surge in cases. it is a lesson he believes

disease control standpoint to get everybody. 18 and over boosted ucsf professor of epidemiology dr george rutherford says federal regulators seem to agree and maybe changing their eligibility rules soon to be more in line with california's. the fda could sign off on a boosters for all policy as soon as tomorrow. the cdc's meets on friday and could give its approval as well. rutherford says there's new evidence and studies that have emerged indicating that boosters could help fight a winter surge in the u. s. people are understanding now that waning immunity as a. is a serious problem and needs to be countered with boosters. in the meantime, here in california, the state has directed pharmacies and other health care providers not to turn away any patient who requests a booster over the age of 18. here in the bay area, people have already found ways to get their covid booster vaccine without the my turn website, but once it is updated by tomorrow, should make it even easier for people to find one. meanwhile, some parents say they're angry and disappointed that their children received incorrect dosages