Community Corner
Friday Fuel-up: Holding the $4.00 Line
Slight increases this week regionally, but slow to be seen in the desert
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire fell one-tenth of a cent today to $4.146, one day after rising by the same amount.
Prices in Palm Desert have been seen just over the $4.00 mark.
The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is 1.3 cents
more than a week ago, 28.8 cents higher than one month ago and 21 cents greater than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
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"Local gas prices have risen by nearly 50 cents since July, when
Southland motorists were paying about $3.70 a gallon on average,'' said Jeffrey
Spring of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
"The year-to-date average price for California gas is $4.04, 23 cents
above the 2011 annual average price of $3.81.''
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