Gasoline prices stopped dropping this week after continuing to drop for 15 weeks in California, the Automobile Club of Southern California reported on Friday.
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline rose in Los Angeles County 3.2 cents this week after dropping 15 of the previous 16 weeks,
"It's too early to say whether this is the end of our price downturn, although we have seen gas prices increase across the country as well as in California," Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp said in reporting the first increase since a 1.1-cent hike during the week of July 13-20.
Unleaded regular in the Los Angeles area stood at 2.765 dollars a gallon this morning, 22 cents less than last month, 30 cents less than at this time last year and 72.2 cents below the record high of 3.487 dollars registered on May 9.
"We are experiencing a very unusual situation -- most Southern California cities are near or below the national average price for gasoline, which is currently about 2.80 dollars a gallon," Thorp said.
"In fact, 10 other states have prices over three dollars a gallon, and a total of 22 states have gas price averages that are higher than California."
The Auto Club provided this breakdown of gasoline prices in selected portions of California and Nevada as of Friday.
Source: Xinhua
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