Auto Club: Summer Surge Sends Gas Prices to New Record Highs.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. -- 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 set new records every day this week as a surge in summertime demand continued sending pump prices higher, 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 Weekend Gas Watch. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.792, which is 9.9 cents higher than last week, 21 cents higher than last month and 73 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 $2.815 - 8 cents above last week's price, 20 cents above last month and 72 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.871, up 10.8 cents from last week, 19 cents higher than last month and 62 cents higher than last year. In the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. , the average price is $2.776, up 9.5 cents from last week, 20 cents above last month and 70 cents higher than last year. "Crude oil futures and wholesale gasoline prices have shown some softness in the past couple of days, indicating that the worst of the gasoline price spikes may be near an end," Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp said. "We are only two weeks from the Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. holiday weekend, which is traditionally the end of the summer driving season. When demand for gas declines, pump prices generally go down also." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Aug. 19:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.792 +9.9 cents $2.792 (8/18/2005)
Orange County $2.779 +10.6 cents $2.779 (8/18/2005)
San Diego $2.815 +8.0 cents $2.815 (8/18/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.871 +10.8 cents $2.871 (8/18/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.776 +9.5 cents $2.776 (8/18/2005)
Bakersfield $2.778 +7.0 cents $2.778 (8/18/2005)
Las Vegas $2.637 +7.2 cents $2.637 (8/18/2005)
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