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02-23-2013, 12:31 AM
Southern California sees record one-month rise in gasoline prices
Southern California drivers are feeling the pain at the pump yet again. We're seeing the biggest ever one-month rise in gas prices.
By Ronald D. WhiteFebruary 21, 2013, 11:55 a.m.
Southern California has seen its biggest ever one-month rise in gasoline prices, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's weekend gas watch.
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the varying regions of Southern California has now climbed 57 to 59 cents since last month.
"We looked at all of the one-month spikes that could have been bigger since the year 2000 and this was bigger than any of those," said Marie Montgomery, a spokeswoman for the Automobile Club.
Montgomery added that she knew the region's motorists were taking a big hit when she realized "We're almost paying Wailuku prices for gasoline."
Wailuku, in case you don't know, is on the island of Maui, in Hawaii. That's a state that is notorious for usually having the highest or next-highest gasoline prices in the U.S.
Today in Wailuku, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.399.
The average price of regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $4.316 per gallon, which is 11.3 cents more than last week, 57 cents higher than last month, and 23 cents higher than last year.
MORE:http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-southern-california-gasoline-prices-20130221,0,374632.story
Southern California drivers are feeling the pain at the pump yet again. We're seeing the biggest ever one-month rise in gas prices.
By Ronald D. WhiteFebruary 21, 2013, 11:55 a.m.
Southern California has seen its biggest ever one-month rise in gasoline prices, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's weekend gas watch.
The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the varying regions of Southern California has now climbed 57 to 59 cents since last month.
"We looked at all of the one-month spikes that could have been bigger since the year 2000 and this was bigger than any of those," said Marie Montgomery, a spokeswoman for the Automobile Club.
Montgomery added that she knew the region's motorists were taking a big hit when she realized "We're almost paying Wailuku prices for gasoline."
Wailuku, in case you don't know, is on the island of Maui, in Hawaii. That's a state that is notorious for usually having the highest or next-highest gasoline prices in the U.S.
Today in Wailuku, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.399.
The average price of regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $4.316 per gallon, which is 11.3 cents more than last week, 57 cents higher than last month, and 23 cents higher than last year.
MORE:http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-southern-california-gasoline-prices-20130221,0,374632.story