Auto Club: Average Gas Prices, Still above $3, Begin to Drop.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Southern Californians may be seeing some relief at the pump as average gas prices throughout the area began to drop from record highs set last week, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. monthly Fuel Gauge Report. The Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, September average price for regular self-serve gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by , which in many areas peaked above $3.06 per gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , is $3.031 -- a new monthly record. This compares to an Aug. 17 average of $2.774 -- a 25.7-cent difference. The new record also exceeds the September 2004 average by more than $1.088. "Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and oil refinery outages in Northern
California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern both contributed to unprecedented increases in oil and
gasoline prices throughout the nation because they impacted supply lines
and production levels," said Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp.
"As more production facilities get repaired and as demand for
gasoline declines during the fall, we should expect to see gas prices
decline further."Statewide, the average price for September is $3.029, up from $2.773 in August, but down from the record of $3.054 set on Sept. 9. The lowest average price in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). is in La Habra La Habra (lə hăb`rə), city (1990 pop. 51,266), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1925. A suburb of Los Angeles, La Habra was settled in the 1860s by Basque sheepherders. , where regular is selling for $2.873. Yreka reported the state's highest average price at $3.300. Nationally, the average price is $2.956, up from $2.564 in August. The least expensive gasoline in the country is found in Jackson Jackson. 1 City (1990 pop. 37,446), seat of Jackson co., S Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1857. It is an industrial and commercial center in a farm region. , Miss., where the average gas price is $2.57. The highest average price for gas in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in Wailuku, Hawaii Wailuku is a census-designated place (CDP) in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 12,296 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Maui CountyGR6. , where a gallon of regular unleaded sells for $3.52. In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below: County/City Reg 9-13 Reg 8-17 Pre 9-13 Pre 8-17 Imperial County El Centro 3.203 2.808 3.399 2.959 Inyo County Bishop 3.199 2.817 3.325 2.943 Kern County Bakersfield 3.124 2.723 3.336 2.949 Ridgecrest 3.199 2.859 3.154 2.719 Los Angeles County Alhambra 2.924 2.684 3.039 2.799 Arcadia 2.990 2.765 3.229 2.968 Burbank 3.000 2.761 3.257 2.863 Culver City 3.089 2.822 3.542 2.999 Glendale 2.991 2.767 3.167 2.999 Glendora 2.963 2.692 3.149 2.960 Inglewood 2.977 2.753 3.159 2.832 Lancaster 3.060 2.744 3.249 2.949 Long Beach 2.967 2.720 3.120 2.896 Los Angeles 3.015 2.788 3.143 2.907 Manhattan Beach 2.942 2.749 3.079 2.894 Montebello 2.992 2.779 2.979 2.679 Santa Clarita 3.006 2.799 3.166 2.959 Santa Monica 3.063 2.861 3.359 3.199 Van Nuys 2.936 2.675 3.076 2.834 Whittier 2.940 2.703 2.977 2.730 Woodland Hills 2.998 2.789 3.215 2.992 Orange County Anaheim 2.904 2.697 3.008 2.789 Fullerton 2.907 2.674 3.082 2.799 Huntington Beach 2.951 2.719 3.146 2.919 La Habra 2.873 2.651 3.091 2.869 Laguna Beach 3.066 2.835 3.319 2.979 Newport Beach 3.052 2.826 3.259 3.030 San Clemente 3.038 2.824 3.212 2.989 Tustin 3.002 2.772 3.189 2.959 Riverside County Blythe 3.179 2.939 3.254 2.889 Hemet 2.999 2.785 2.959 2.939 Palm Springs 3.072 2.866 3.259 2.998 Riverside 2.954 2.703 3.122 2.842 San Bernardino County Redlands 2.942 2.672 3.179 2.875 San Bernardino 3.005 2.732 2.897 2.774 Victorville 3.070 2.831 3.081 2.849 San Diego County Chula Vista 3.016 2.785 3.316 2.974 Del Mar 3.052 2.824 3.199 2.999 Escondido 3.012 2.717 3.229 2.917 Oceanside 3.069 2.788 3.319 3.009 San Diego 3.042 2.807 3.243 3.006 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 3.061 2.873 3.386 3.049 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 3.084 2.843 3.279 2.992 Santa Barbara 3.113 2.854 3.079 2.912 Santa Maria 3.097 2.844 3.259 3.039 Tulare County Porterville 3.199 2.726 3.290 2.817 Visalia 3.175 2.761 3.299 2.999 Ventura County Ventura 2.964 2.747 3.012 2.864 So. Calif. Avg. 3.031 2.774 3.189 2.919 The Auto Club's Fuel Gauge Report is based on data gathered from monitoring fuel transactions at 2,800 Southern California gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. stations. Oil Price Information Service -- the nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information -- provides the data. Editors, for regional average daily fuel prices nationwide, please go to www.fuelgaugereport.com. |
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