Auto Club: Retail Gas Prices Climb for Eighth Consecutive Week.News Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2003 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 continued their upward surge for the eighth consecutive week throughout the Southwest 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 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 Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.881 per gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , which is 9.2 cents higher than last week's price, 23.9 cents higher than last month and 58.1 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 $1.922 which is 9.4 cents higher than last week's level, 22.9 cents higher than last month and 55 cents higher than last year. Motorists in the central coast have an average price of $1.921, which is 9.9 cents above last week's price, 21.5 cents higher than last month and 53.6 cents higher than last year. "Threats of war and oil strikes in Venezuela and Nigeria continue to push prices upward," said Carol Thorp, Auto Club spokesperson. "With the markets in such turmoil, prices don't show any signs of abating soon."
Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., Feb. 21:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.881 +9.2 cents $2.036 (5/25/01)
San Diego $1.922 +9.4 cents $2.025 (5/29/01)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $1.921 +9.9 cents $2.069 (5/16/01)
Las Vegas $1.754 +8.1 cents $1.885 (3/27/00)
Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. $1.602 +9.4 cents $1.720 (5/30/01)
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