(LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22, 2008) – Southern Californians once again experienced double-digit price increases at the pump, as gas prices rocketed up by nearly two cents a day in most areas over the past week, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Weekend Gas Watch.
The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $3.199, which is 11.2 cents higher than last week, 2 cents less than last month, and 52 cents above last year. In
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The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Feb. 22:
Area | Regular | One-week change | Record Price |
$3.199 | + 11.2 cents | $3.487 (5/9/2007) | |
$3.151 | + 14 cents | $3.479 (5/8/2007) | |
$3.254 | + 13.6 cents | $3.503 (5/8/2007) | |
$3.364 | + 10.8 cents | $3.614 (5/15/2007) | |
$3.216 | + 13.5 cents | $3.486 (5/8/2007) | |
$3.256 | + 9.7 cents | $3.489 (5/7/2007) | |
$3.002 | + 4.9 cents | $3.209 (5/29/2007) | |