Auto Club: Upward Price Trend Continues At Pump.News/Travel Editors & Automotive Writers For the second 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 rose, but the increases were slight in some areas and modest in others, 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 $1.629 per gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. , which is one-tenth of a cent higher than last week's price, 6 cents higher than last month's price and 32 cents lower than the price at this time 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 $1.649, which is 1.3 cents higher than last week's level, 6 cents higher than last month and 33 cents lower than last year. Motorists in the central coast have an average price of $1.707, which is three-tenths of a cent above last week's price, 5 cents higher than last month's price and 28 cents lower than the price last year. "Even though the trend of pump prices is upward, the increases were relatively small," said Auto Club spokesperson Jeff Spring. "There could be price increases between now and the July July: see month. 4th holiday period, but they probably won't discourage anyone from taking a driving trip."
Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., June 28:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.629 +0.1 cents $2.036 (5/25/01)
San Diego $1.649 +1.3 cents $2.025 (5/29/01)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $1.707 +0.3 cents $2.069 (5/16/01)
Las Vegas $1.544 +2.1 cents $1.885 (3/27/00)
Phoenix-Mesa, Ariz. $1.480 +1.1 cents $1.720 (5/30/01)
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