Auto Club: Monthly Gas Price Average Turns Upward.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. -- The average price of a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of 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 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, reversed course and climbed nearly 7 cents in the past month as higher oil prices and the winter refinery maintenance season contributed to upward pressure on retail prices, 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 monthly Fuel Gauge Report. The Southern California January January: see month. average price for regular self-serve gasoline is $2.357, which is up 6.8 cents from a Dec. 20, 2005, average of $2.289. "Crude oil prices have been creeping creeping 1. gradual progression of a lesion or tissue growth. 2. prostrate growth pattern of a plant, e.g. c. buttercup (Ranunculus repens), c. caustic (Euphorbia drummondii), c. charlie (Glechoma hederacea), c. up in recent days and 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. are anticipating a decline in inventory due to refineries reducing production to perform annual maintenance," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "Opinion is split on the short-term Short-term Any investments with a maturity of one year or less. short-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time. direction of gasoline prices. Some analysts think oil is overpriced o·ver·price tr.v. o·ver·priced, o·ver·pric·ing, o·ver·pric·es To put too high a price or value on. overpriced Adjective costing more than it is thought to be worth Adj. because there is sufficient inventory, while others believe this is the early beginning of a spring run-up run-up or run·up n. An often sudden increase: a run-up in interest rates; a run-up in food prices; a run-up in house values. Noun 1. in prices." Statewide, the average price for January is $2.360, up 11 cents from $2.250 in December December: see month. . The all-time 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 $2.225. Blythe reports the region's highest average price at $2.559. Nationally, the average price is $2.322, up from $2.210 in December. The state with the lowest gas price average is Utah at $2.088. The nation's highest average price is in Hawaii, where regular gasoline is selling for an average of $2.695. In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below: Reg Reg Pre Pre County/City 1-10-06 12-20-05 1-10-06 12-20-05 Imperial County El Centro 2.474 2.326 2.449 2.464 Inyo County Bishop 2.397 2.479 2.749 2.679 Kern County Bakersfield 2.332 2.247 2.409 2.457 Ridgecrest 2.399 2.459 2.443 2.661 Los Angeles County Alhambra 2.280 2.201 2.556 2.369 Arcadia 2.360 2.265 2.432 2.339 Burbank 2.300 2.248 2.299 2.342 Culver City 2.426 2.342 2.479 2.249 Glendale 2.290 2.241 2.479 2.426 Glendora 2.279 2.219 2.559 2.469 Inglewood 2.308 2.215 2.399 2.419 Lancaster 2.332 2.244 2.428 2.259 Long Beach 2.306 2.220 2.500 2.371 Los Angeles 2.344 2.276 2.518 2.444 Manhattan Beach 2.327 2.262 2.588 2.339 Montebello 2.310 2.218 2.189 2.159 Santa Clarita 2.312 2.223 2.499 2.469 Santa Monica 2.376 2.327 2.759 2.569 Van Nuys 2.276 2.223 2.395 2.366 Whittier 2.278 2.213 2.297 2.219 Woodland Hills 2.346 2.294 2.519 2.474 Orange County Anaheim 2.262 2.182 2.334 2.250 Fullerton 2.227 2.125 2.342 2.209 Huntington Beach 2.243 2.136 2.432 2.330 La Habra 2.225 2.114 2.419 2.319 Laguna Beach 2.419 2.350 2.635 2.599 Newport Beach 2.348 2.276 2.565 2.479 San Clemente 2.414 2.344 2.487 2.514 Tustin 2.333 2.276 2.559 2.439 Riverside County Blythe 2.559 2.575 2.599 2.599 Hemet 2.373 2.284 2.309 2.364 Palm Springs 2.359 2.399 2.603 2.646 Riverside 2.304 2.238 2.507 2.407 San Bernardino County Redlands 2.277 2.172 2.556 2.399 San Bernardino 2.318 2.265 2.370 2.239 Victorville 2.332 2.269 2.306 2.203 San Diego County Chula Vista 2.394 2.271 2.591 2.628 Del Mar 2.466 2.322 2.649 2.469 Escondido 2.336 2.247 2.588 2.472 Oceanside 2.394 2.336 2.699 2.554 San Diego 2.392 2.301 2.684 2.614 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 2.488 2.398 2.724 2.631 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 2.481 2.411 2.757 2.684 Santa Barbara 2.492 2.414 2.506 2.486 Santa Maria 2.488 2.422 2.526 2.399 Tulare County Porterville 2.419 2.399 2.505 2.489 Visalia 2.385 2.329 2.633 2.552 Ventura County Ventura 2.349 2.276 2.402 2.313 So. Calif. Avg. 2.357 2.289 2.505 2.434 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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