in the latest incident he had a muss -- mustache and wore a gray t-shirt and gray jaynes. -- gray jeans. >>> gas prices went up another $.12 cents. this while oil companies are expected to announce record profits this week. the average price of regular in california is $4.21 a gallon. diesel is $4.55 and in san francisco regular is $4.27 per gallon. abc7's lilian kim has more on how big oil companies are cashing in. >> the steady up tick in gas prices has meant one thing for oil companies, big profits. exxon is expected to report a 60% increase in profits, about $10 billion. shell is expected to see a 22% increase about $5.9 billion. and bay area-based chevron is expected to report about the same. >> it is frustrating. hopefully they are putting the money to alternative fuel and other sources, but probably not. >> i know they need to make a profit, but not that much of a profit at our expense. >> but they say the high gas prices are not the fault of the oil companies, but traders driving the price up. concern over situations in the middle east and north africa uh announced. >> yemen is