Auto Club: Gas Prices Set Another Monthly Record High.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. -- While gas prices have been declining over the past two weeks, the monthly fuel price average for November November: see month. still set a record high, 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, November average price for regular self-serve unleaded 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 is $2.374, which compares to the prior November record of $1.772 set in 2000. The November average also rose 2 cents compared to the October October: see month. average of $2.352. Statewide, the average price for November is $2.355, up from $2.340 in October. "Fuel prices peaked in late October and have been inching down since then," said Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp. "Crude prices and demand are declining, and 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 seem to be running smoothly, so we believe that Californians will see retail prices decline through Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. and into December December: see month. ." The lowest average price in Southern California is in Escondido, where regular is selling for $2.265. Lompoc reported the state's highest average price at $2.542. Marysville 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 had the lowest price in the state at $2.150. Nationally, the average price is $1.96, down from $1.97 in October. In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below: County Unl Pre Imperial County El Centro 2.442 2.703 Inyo County Bishop 2.476 2.686 Kern County Bakersfield 2.321 2.369 Ridgecrest 2.319 2.519 Los Angeles County Alhambra 2.293 2.399 Arcadia 2.336 2.479 Burbank 2.340 2.524 Culver City 2.432 2.732 Glendale 2.350 2.514 Glendora 2.307 2.559 Inglewood 2.334 2.519 Lancaster 2.317 2.564 Long Beach 2.353 2.596 Los Angeles 2.370 2.553 Manhattan Beach 2.376 2.619 Montebello 2.339 2.569 Santa Clarita 2.357 2.517 Santa Monica 2.401 2.709 Van Nuys 2.292 2.506 Whittier 2.333 2.339 Woodland Hills 2.332 2.479 Orange County Anaheim 2.281 2.449 Fullerton 2.294 2.498 Huntington Beach 2.287 2.523 La Habra 2.281 2.489 Laguna Beach 2.489 2.547 Newport Beach 2.401 2.619 San Clemente 2.411 2.582 Tustin 2.384 2.599 Riverside County Blythe 2.506 2.654 Hemet 2.354 2.599 Palm Springs 2.466 2.524 Riverside 2.354 2.540 San Bernardino County Redlands 2.417 2.779 San Bernardino 2.367 2.619 Victorville 2.347 2.562 San Diego County Chula Vista 2.446 2.619 Del Mar 2.399 2.559 Escondido 2.265 2.519 Oceanside 2.379 2.624 San Diego 2.397 2.601 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 2.429 2.512 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 2.542 2.751 Santa Barbara 2.490 2.669 Santa Maria 2.474 2.699 Tulare County Visalia 2.391 2.579 Ventura County Ventura 2.306 2.512 So. Calif. Avg. 2.374 2.568 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. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion