Auto Club: No End in Sight for Gas Price Hikes.News Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2003 For the 11th consecutive week, the average price 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 increased throughout the Southwest last week, posting new record highs, 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 Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by 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. . Since the beginning of 2003, gasoline prices in the Los Angeles- Long Beach area have risen 25.8 percent. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.102 per gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , which is 7.7 cents higher than last week's price, 32 cents higher than last month and 64 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 $2.148, which is 8.3 cents higher than last week's level, 32 cents above last month and 66 cents higher than last year. Motorists in the central coast have an average price of $2.131, which is 7.1 cents above last week's price, 25 cents higher than last month and 58 cents higher than last year. "Consumer demand for gasoline remains high and inventories of oil and gasoline are very low," Carol Thorp, spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California, said. "Unless consumer demand goes down, it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have likely that we'll see higher pump prices for the next few weeks." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., March 14:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.102 +7.7 cents $2.102 (3/14/03)/a
San Diego $2.148 +8.3 cents $2.148 (3/14/03)/a
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.131 +7.1 cents $2.131 (3/14/03)/a
Las Vegas $1.993 +5.5 cents $1.993 (3/14/03)/a
Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. $1.895 +12.4 cents $1.895 (3/14/03)/a
(a) New record
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