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Auto Club, Law Enforcement Offer Free Car Theft Prevention Window VIN Etching In Long Beach

July 10, 2019 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Corporate Information, Automotive

California is the state with the most stolen vehicles with more than 175,000 vehicles nabbed at an estimated value of $1.3 billion. That works out to on average of one vehicle stolen every three minutes, according to state statistics. To help...

Auto Club Offers Earthquake Tips For Motorists

July 08, 2019 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Automotive

A pair of large earthquakes and hundreds of substantial aftershocks over the long July 4 holiday weekend in Ridgecrest serve as reminder for Southern Californians to prepare homes for the eventual “Big One,” but 34 million licensed California drivers who...

State Gas Tax Hike: Auto Club Recommends How to Cut Rising Fuel Costs

July 01, 2019 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Gas Prices, Automotive

Gas prices have been inching up and starting today, California drivers will begin paying a 5.6-cent-a-gallon gas tax increase to fund state and local road repairs and other transportation projects. The Automobile Club of Southern California is...

Auto Club Says Plan Ahead For 4th Of July; Tipsy Tow Offered As Last Resort

June 28, 2019 Corporate Information, Automotive

The Automobile Club of Southern California reminds everyone who plans to celebrate the Fourth of July to avoid drinking and driving and other forms of impaired driving by designating a sober driver or using an alternate mode of transportation. In...

Auto Club Projects A New Record Number of Travelers For Independence Day Holiday

June 24, 2019 Travel, Automotive

More than 5.7 million Californians and 3.5 million Southern California residents are expected to travel over Independence Day – an all-time travel record for the holiday for the third straight year, according to the Automobile Club of Southern...

Auto Club, TRAP & NICB Fight Car Theft With “Window VIN Etching”

June 19, 2019 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Automotive

The Automobile Club of Southern California, the Taskforce for Regional Autotheft Prevention (TRAP) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) teamed today to expand car theft prevention with free vehicle window VIN etching at the Auto Club’s Whittier...

Auto Club: Gasoline Prices Drop Below $4 in Many Regions

May 30, 2019 Gas Prices, Automotive

With many Southern California refineries increasing production and shiploads of imported gasoline product hitting California shores in recent days, retail gasoline prices continue to decline, with many averages falling below $4 per gallon, according to...

Auto Club: New Record Number Of Memorial Day Travelers For Second Straight Year

May 15, 2019 Travel, Insurance & Consumer Tips, Automotive

Despite gas prices near $4 a gallon, the Automobile Club of Southern California is projecting a new all-time record number of local Memorial Day travelers for the second year in a row, with 5.42 million Californians and 3.35 million from Southern...

Why Aren’t Americans Plugging In To Electric Vehicles?

May 09, 2019 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Automotive

AAA’s latest survey reveals that despite many Americans having interest in electric vehicles, when asked if most vehicles will be electric by 2029, only 4 in 10 said yes. Yet, a separate study AAA conducted earlier this year found that more than half of...

Auto Club, LAPD, And NICB Fight Car Theft With “Window VIN Etching”

April 24, 2019 Insurance & Consumer Tips, Automotive

The Automobile Club of Southern California, the Los Angeles Police Dept.-Hollenbeck Division and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) teamed today to expand car theft prevention with free vehicle window VIN etching at the LAPD-Hollenbeck Division...

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Automobile Club of Southern California

The Automobile Club of Southern California is a member club affiliated with the American Automobile Association (AAA) national federation and serves members in the following California counties: Inyo, Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare, and Ventura.

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