Auto Club: Local Gas Prices Jump on Uncertainty Caused by Hurricanes; Clouds May Have Silver Lining.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. -- Oil and 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 traders sent prices higher this week on fears that interruptions in gas production caused by Hurricane Dennis This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. For other storms of the same name, see Hurricane Dennis (disambiguation). Hurricane Dennis was an early-forming major hurricane in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. will be repeated by Hurricane Emily The name Emily has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, and five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It was used in the Eastern Pacific before the formal naming system was instituted, and then it was used on the old four-year lists. , 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. But forecasters now say Emily's path may miss the U.S. Gulf Coast. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.571, which is 8 cents higher than last week, 22 cents higher than last month and 35 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 $2.606 -- 7.2 cents above last week, 24 cents above last month and 39 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.668, up 6.6 cents from last week, 18 cents higher than last month and 29 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 $2.556, up 7.6 cents from last week, 21 cents above last month and 32 cents higher than last year. "The upward trend likely will persist another week, but there are signs that our prices could be near a plateau," said Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp. "Stability is starting to return to oil and gasoline markets, which is sending wholesale prices lower. Usually it takes a couple of weeks to see any relief at the local gas pump." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., July 15:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.571 +8.0 cents $2.625 (4/13/2005)
Orange County $2.546 +7.5 cents $2.605 (4/21/2005)
San Diego $2.606 +7.2 cents $2.626 (4/12/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.668 +6.6 cents $2.730 (4/29/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.556 +7.6 cents $2.649 (4/13/2005)
Bakersfield $2.582 +6.1 cents $2.682 (4/22/2005)
Las Vegas $2.462 +4.9 cents $2.534 (4/14/2005)
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