Auto Club: Refineries Are Down, Gas Prices Are Up.News Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2003 Production interruptions at three Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern 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 refineries took a bite out Verb 1. bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" of supplies last week causing gasoline prices to jump higher throughout the Southwest, 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. . The increases ended three straight months of price declines. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.779 per gallon, which is 7 cents higher than last week's price, 8 cents lower than last month and 15 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 $1.766, which is 8.5 cents above last week's level, 8 cents below last month and 14 cents above last year. Motorists in the Central Coast have an average price of $1.900, which is 5.9 cents higher than last week's price, 6 cents lower than last month and 20 cents higher than last year. "Market conditions had pointed to lower prices, but the interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. in production has reversed the downward trend," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California. "This points out the problem California faces because of its specific gasoline formulation requirements and the limited number of refineries that produce it. With a three day weekend approaching and demand expected to be higher than last year, prices at the pump could stay at their current levels through the July 4th holiday period." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., June 20:
Area Regular Change Record Price
from last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.779 +7.0 cents $2.167 (3/22/03)
San Diego $1.766 +8.5 cents $2.211 (3/20/03)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $1.900 +5.9 cents $2.207 (3/22/03)
Las Vegas $1.743 +8.0 cents $2.063 (3/25/03)
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ $1.677 +7.1 cents $2.003 (3/22/03)
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