Auto Club: Gas Prices Rise Past $2.50 Per Gallon in the Fourth Week of Increases.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. -- 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 prices in most of the region rose past the $2.50 per gallon mark as motorists endured the fourth consecutive week of increases at the gas pump, 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 Weekend Gas Watch. Since the beginning of 2006 the average price in the L.A. metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. has increased 27 cents per gallon. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.509, which is 5.9 cents higher than last week, 27 cents higher than last month and 53 cents higher than last year. In San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the price is $2.548 -- 4.2 cents above last week's price, 26 cents above last month and 55 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.651, up 5.9 cents from last week, 25 cents higher than last month and 53 cents higher than last year. In the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. , the average price is $2.529, up 5.3 cents from last week, 28 cents above last month and 53 cents higher than last year. "Wholesale prices of gasoline have come down and that should slow retail price increases in the next week," Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp said. "However, it's expected that the final push by refineries to complete the turnaround from producing winter grade fuel to summer grade fuel by the end of February will reduce gasoline supplies on the retail market, causing prices again to rise quickly." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Jan. 27:
Area Regular Change from last Record Price
week
Los Angeles-Long
Beach $2.509 +5.9 cents $2.999 (9/6/2005)
Orange County $2.479 +7.1 cents $2.970 (9/6/2005)
San Diego $2.548 +4.2 cents $3.060 (9/5/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa
Maria-Lompoc $2.651 +5.9 cents $3.111 (9/7/2005)
Riverside-San
Bernardino $2.529 +5.3 cents $3.030 (9/9/2005)
Bakersfield $2.546 +7.92 cents $3.167 (9/9/2005)
Las Vegas $2.366 +2.4 cents $2.968 (9/8/2005)
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