Auto Club: Average Monthly Gas Prices Stop Drop, Begin Climb; Most Cities See Price Increases.Business Editors/Automotive Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004 The average price of regular 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 in 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, stopped its three-month descent descent, in anthropology, method of classifying individuals in terms of their various kinship connections. Matrilineal and patrilineal descent refer to the mother's or father's sib (or other group), respectively. and climbed an average of four cents during the past month, 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's monthly Fuel Gauge Report. Higher crude oil prices and reduced production at 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). refineries that are performing annual maintenance have helped to push prices up. The Southern California average price for regular self-serve unleaded gasoline is $1.737, up from $1.699 on Dec. 16, 2003. The lowest average price in Southern California is 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 drivers can pump regular self-serve unleaded gasoline for an average $1.619, and the highest price is in Blythe, where regular goes for an average $1.945. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Bay-area motorists now pay an average of $1.71 up from $1.66 in December December: see month. . Nationally, prices are up nearly nine cents since the November AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. survey and now average $1.56 per gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. . "Crude oil prices have been increasing for the past two months, so we're not surprised that pump prices have gone up," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "Also, some California refineries have started their winter turnaround Turnaround A situation where a company that has had poor performance for an extended period of time experiences a positive reversal. Notes: A speculator may profit from a turnaround if he or she accurately anticipates the improvement of a poorly performing company. and maintenance schedules, so production is slightly lower compared to the prior month. However, we don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if this is the beginning of the regular spring season price increases or a brief upturn." In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below:
County/City 1/13 Unl 12/16 Unl 1/13 Pre 12/16 Pre
Imperial County
El Centro 1.790 1.793 2.006 2.019
Inyo County
Bishop 1.806 1.804 2.009 2.030
Kern County
Bakersfield 1.678 1.644 1.812 1.869
Ridgecrest 1.702 1.782 1.822 2.007
Los Angeles County
Alhambra 1.775 1.620 1.799 1.879
Arcadia 1.710 1.670 1.999 1.879
Burbank 1.680 1.626 1.979 1.859
Culver City 1.781 1.709 2.099 1.959
Glendale 1.699 1.661 1.839 1.839
Glendora 1.639 1.578 1.859 1.747
Inglewood 1.751 1.690 1.911 1.879
Lancaster 1.693 1.672 1.939 1.861
Long Beach 1.703 1.677 1.876 1.849
Los Angeles 1.722 1.680 1.942 1.894
Manhattan Beach 1.841 1.793 1.961 2.009
Montebello 1.707 1.686 1.929 1.902
Santa Clarita 1.719 1.679 1.964 1.859
Santa Monica 1.786 1.723 2.059 2.059
Van Nuys 1.681 1.641 1.842 1.849
Whittier 1.690 1.661 1.866 1.874
Woodland Hills 1.721 1.658 1.909 1.869
Orange County
Anaheim 1.629 1.576 1.847 1.768
Fullerton 1.679 1.611 1.809 1.792
Huntington Beach 1.668 1.620 1.859 1.772
La Habra 1.619 1.574 1.739 1.839
Laguna Beach 1.694 1.746 1.814 2.011
Newport Beach 1.771 1.723 1.992 1.959
San Clemente 1.796 1.749 1.992 2.059
Tustin 1.726 1.680 1.935 1.884
Riverside County
Blythe 1.945 1.898 2.059 2.102
Hemet 1.666 1.630 1.896 1.834
Palm Springs 1.853 1.784 2.004 1.988
Riverside 1.692 1.635 1.851 1.881
San Bernardino County
Redlands 1.859 1.839 1.783 1.999
San Bernardino 1.747 1.679 1.885 1.856
Victorville 1.670 1.636 1.859 1.813
San Diego County
Chula Vista 1.776 1.722 2.019 1.979
Del Mar 1.762 1.722 1.879 1.839
Escondido 1.669 1.635 1.887 1.866
Oceanside 1.777 1.727 2.019 1.959
San Diego 1.743 1.702 1.951 1.928
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo 1.797 1.730 1.917 1.955
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc 1.806 1.796 1.926 1.992
Santa Barbara 1.842 1.803 1.962 1.999
Santa Maria 1.779 1.749 1.899 1.799
Tulare County
Porterville 1.719 1.799 1.842 2.011
Visalia 1.687 1.677 1.850 1.889
Ventura County
Ventura 1.728 1.654 1.922 1.855
So Calif. Avg. 1.737 1.699 1.913 1.909
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. |
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