 About 60.6 million are going by car, with the worst traffic on Wednesday and Sunday. GasBuddy.com is reporting the national average for a gallon of gas on the 4th is expected to be around $3.49. I'm Jennifer King. As California deals with rampant retail crime, someone put a sign up outside the Louis Vuitton store in downtown San Francisco reading, stolen goods must remain under $950. Under California shoplifting laws, anything under that amount is a misdemeanor, not a felony.