Auto Club: Gasoline Prices Show Mixed Bag of Increases And Declines.Lifestyle Editors/Business Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2003 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, retail 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 hit bottom and increased slightly in 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. and 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. while continuing a slight downward tick tick: see mite. tick Any of some 825 parasitic arachnid species (suborder Ixodida, order Parasitiformes), found worldwide. Adults may be slightly more than an inch (30 mm) long, but most species are much smaller. in other regions monitored by the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.723 per gallon, which is 1.3 cents higher than last week, 10 cents lower than last month and 13 cents higher than last year. In San Diego, the price is $1.735, which is nine-tenths of a cent above last week's level, 7 cents below last month and 7 cents higher than last year. Motorists in the Central Coast pay an average price of $1.821, which is two-tenths of a cent lower than last week's price, 10 cents below last month and 18 cents higher than last year. "While inventories on the West Coast remain strong, demand has increased over last month," said Carol Thorp, Auto Club spokesperson. "As long as production and inventories remain stable, gas prices should remain relatively stable as well for the remainder of the year." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., Nov. 21:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.723 +1.3 cents $2.167 (3/22/03)
San Diego $1.735 +0.9 cents $2.211 (3/20/03)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $1.821 -0.2 cents $2.233 (8/27/03)
Las Vegas $1.690 +3.2 cents $2.063 (3/25/03)
Phoenix $1.568 -0.7 cents $2.146 (8/26/03)
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