Auto Club: Gas Prices Soar to New Monthly 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. -- Southern California's average price for 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 catapulted 18 cents during the past month to hit a new all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal record monthly average, 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 gauge In manufacturing and engineering, a device used to determine whether a dimension is larger or smaller than a reference standard. A snap gauge, for example, is formed like the letter C, with outer “go” and inner “not go” jaws, and is used to 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, August average price for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.774, which compares to a July July: see month. 19 average of $2.592. This shatters the prior all-time monthly average record of $2.642 set in April 2005. The new record also exceeds the August 2004 average by more than 66 cents. "Traders Traders Individuals who take positions in securities and their derivatives with the objective of making profits. Traders can make markets by trading the flow. When they do this, their objective is to earn the bid/ask spread. and speculators have driven up the price of crude oil and gasoline over concerns about continued high demand in the face of refinery outages and international terror issues," said Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp. "On this speculation, crude oil, which was declining a month ago, made an about face and has reached new highs in the $66 per barrel barrel: see English units of measurement. range. "One way consumers can reduce the amount of money they spend on fuel is to moderate their driving habits, keep their vehicle well maintained, combine errands on the weekends and shop for the lowest price," added Thorp. "We'd we'd 1. Contraction of we had. 2. Contraction of we should. 3. Contraction of we would. we'd have ~would also recommend they look into carpooling, van pooling or using transit." Statewide, the average price for August is $2.773, up from $2.589 in July. 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 $2.651. Palm Springs reported the state's highest average price at $2.866. Nationally, the average price is $2.564, up from $2.314 in July. In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below: County/City Unl 8-17 Unl 7-19 Pre 8-17 Pre 7-19 Imperial County El Centro 2.808 2.619 2.959 2.819 Inyo County Bishop 2.817 2.655 2.943 2.769 Kern County Bakersfield 2.723 2.545 2.949 2.719 Ridgecrest 2.859 2.499 2.719 2.551 Los Angeles County Alhambra 2.684 2.502 2.799 2.839 Arcadia 2.765 2.589 2.968 2.689 Burbank 2.761 2.597 2.863 2.939 Culver City 2.822 2.657 2.999 2.799 Glendora 2.692 2.494 2.960 2.756 Inglewood 2.753 2.569 2.832 2.766 Lancaster 2.744 2.582 2.949 2.721 Long Beach 2.720 2.569 2.896 2.755 Los Angeles 2.788 2.606 2.907 2.659 Manhattan Beach 2.749 2.571 2.894 2.439 Montebello 2.779 2.543 2.679 2.619 Santa Clarita 2.799 2.643 2.959 2.999 Santa Monica 2.861 2.662 3.199 2.715 Van Nuys 2.675 2.540 2.834 2.567 Whittier 2.703 2.552 2.730 2.843 Woodland Hills 2.789 2.612 2.992 2.605 Orange County Anaheim 2.697 2.530 2.789 2.535 Fullerton 2.674 2.493 2.799 2.729 Huntington Beach 2.719 2.535 2.919 2.679 La Habra 2.651 2.469 2.869 2.899 Laguna Beach 2.835 2.672 2.979 2.839 Newport Beach 2.826 2.655 3.030 2.804 San Clemente 2.824 2.608 2.989 2.789 Tustin 2.772 2.593 2.959 2.792 Riverside County Blythe 2.939 2.709 2.889 2.799 Hemet 2.785 2.602 2.939 2.799 Palm Springs 2.866 2.689 2.998 2.679 Riverside 2.703 2.505 2.842 2.769 San Bernardino County Redlands 2.672 2.520 2.875 2.556 San Bernardino 2.732 2.555 2.774 2.597 Victorville 2.831 2.639 2.849 2.821 San Diego County Chula Vista 2.785 2.588 2.974 2.839 Del Mar 2.824 2.639 2.999 2.780 Escondido 2.717 2.531 2.917 2.839 Oceanside 2.788 2.650 3.009 2.861 San Diego 2.807 2.639 3.006 2.817 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 2.873 2.691 3.049 2.879 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 2.843 2.649 2.992 2.789 Santa Barbara 2.854 2.720 2.912 2.840 Santa Maria 2.844 2.664 3.039 2.859 Tulare County Porterville 2.726 2.549 2.817 2.619 Visalia 2.761 2.590 2.999 2.597 Ventura County Ventura 2.747 2.571 2.864 2.668 So. Calif. Avg. 2.774 2.593 2.919 2.745 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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