Auto Club: Monthly Gas Price Average Climbs 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 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 have stayed flat for the past week, a comparison from January January: see month. to February February: see month. shows a 27-cent increase in the average price of a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of gasoline in 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, , 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. Since Dec. 20, 2005, prices have climbed nearly 34 cents due to speculation over international oil production uncertainty. The Southern California February average price for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.628 which is up from a Jan. 11 price of $2.357. "The month-to-month month-to-month adj. referring to a tenancy in which the tenant pays monthly rent and has no lease, and the tenancy can be terminated by the landlord at any time on thirty-days notice. (See: tenancy, landlord and tenant) gas price hike was driven primarily by increasing oil prices and speculation over adequate production," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "Higher gasoline and oil inventories have eased these concerns. However, when gas stations begin to sell the more expensive summer blend fuel in March, prices may start to increase again." Statewide, the average price for February is $2.560, up 20 cents from $2.360 in January. The all-time all-time adj. Exceeding all others up to the present time: an all-time speed skating record. all-time Adjective Informal record high of $3.054 was set on Sept. 9, 2005. The lowest average price in Southern California 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 $2.462. Blythe reports the region's highest average price at $2.838. Nationally, the average price is $2.292, down from $2.322 in January. The state with the highest gas price average is Hawaii Hawaii, island, United States Hawaii, island (1990 pop. 120,217), 4,037 sq mi (10,456 sq km), largest and southernmost island of the state of Hawaii and coextensive with Hawaii co.; known as the Big Island. at $2.863. In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below: County/City Reg 2-14-06 Reg 1-10-06 Pre 2-14-06 Pre 1-10-06 Imperial County El Centro 2.728 2.474 2.911 2.449 Inyo County Bishop 2.699 2.397 2.855 2.749 Kern County Bakersfield 2.600 2.332 2.793 2.409 Ridgecrest 2.584 2.399 2.688 2.443 Los Angeles County Alhambra 2.581 2.280 2.729 2.556 Arcadia 2.615 2.360 2.826 2.432 Burbank 2.588 2.300 2.819 2.299 Culver City 2.687 2.426 2.888 2.479 Glendale 2.577 2.290 2.759 2.479 Glendora 2.567 2.279 2.765 2.559 Inglewood 2.572 2.308 2.789 2.399 Lancaster 2.641 2.332 2.811 2.428 Long Beach 2.596 2.306 2.777 2.500 Los Angeles 2.631 2.344 2.799 2.518 Manhattan Beach 2.639 2.327 2.839 2.588 Montebello 2.589 2.310 2.767 2.189 Santa Clarita 2.576 2.312 2.786 2.499 Santa Monica 2.641 2.376 2.811 2.759 Van Nuys 2.567 2.276 2.744 2.395 Whittier 2.550 2.278 2.733 2.297 Woodland Hills 2.632 2.346 2.832 2.519 Orange County Anaheim 2.514 2.262 2.666 2.334 Fullerton 2.502 2.227 2.655 2.342 Huntington Beach 2.528 2.243 2.739 2.432 La Habra 2.462 2.225 2.666 2.419 Laguna Beach 2.669 2.419 2.889 2.635 Newport Beach 2.654 2.348 2.877 2.565 San Clemente 2.677 2.414 2.866 2.487 Tustin 2.610 2.333 2.802 2.559 Riverside County Blythe 2.838 2.559 3.033 2.599 Hemet 2.655 2.373 2.811 2.309 Palm Springs 2.704 2.359 2.939 2.603 Riverside 2.607 2.304 2.776 2.507 San Bernardino County Redlands 2.606 2.277 2.799 2.556 San Bernardino 2.616 2.318 2.789 2.370 Victorville 2.692 2.332 2.856 2.306 San Diego County Chula Vista 2.599 2.394 3.788 2.591 Del Mar 2.759 2.466 2.911 2.649 Escondido 2.543 2.336 2.733 2.588 Oceanside 2.616 2.394 2.810 2.699 San Diego 2.639 2.392 2.848 2.684 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 2.694 2.488 2.888 2.724 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 2.758 2.481 2.959 2.757 Santa Barbara 2.798 2.492 2.977 2.506 Santa Maria 2.735 2.488 2.911 2.526 Tulare County Porterville 2.612 2.419 2.819 2.505 Visalia 2.610 2.385 2.789 2.633 Ventura County Ventura 2.609 2.349 2.787 2.402 So. Calif. Avg. 2.628 2.357 2.835 2.505 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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