Southland gasoline prices fall again
5.3 cents less than last year
LOS ANGELES - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County fell for the 24th consecutive day, decreasing six-tenths of a cent to $3.015.
The average price is 4.3 cents less than a week ago, 11.9 cents less than a month ago and 5.3 cents less than this time last year, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The decreases began Aug. 14, a day after nine increases in 10 days pushed the average price to $3.155, one-tenth of a cent less than its high for the year.
The Orange County average price fell today for the 25th consecutive day since reaching its high for the year, declining one-tenth of a cent to $3.011.
The Orange County average price is 5.1 cents less than a week ago, 12.8 cents less than a month ago and 5.1 cents less than this time last year.
The Orange County average price reached its high for the year, $3.158, on Aug. 12.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County fell today for the 11th consecutive day, dropping seven-tenths of a cent to $3.72, the lowest amount since Feb. 26.
The average price is 6.9 cents less than one week ago and 8.6 cents lower than a month ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. However, the average price is 57.2 cents higher than a year ago.
Oil! Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole ... —my favorite grade school poem, “Invictus,” says.
Remembrances of youth and a different world.
That one was of danger, dodging and possibilities. This one is of earthquakes, nuclear surprises, uprisings, and oil ascending, as all or most of us are still trying to make ends meet and keep food on the table.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose to its highest amount since Oct. 14, 2008 today, increasing a half-cent to $3.45.
The average price is 5.5 cents more than a week ago, 7.1 cents higher than one month ago and 42 cents above what it was one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose to its high for the year today for a third consecutive day, increasing 1.3 cents to $3.203.
A 1.9-cent increase Saturday put the price past its previous high for 2010, $3.156, which was reached on May 8. The average price rose another 2.2 cents Sunday.
Eric Banks, allegedly the only African American owner/operator of a RaceTrac gas station, is calling for a nation-wide boycott of the company and its parent corporation, Atlanta-based Raceway Petroleum, after he received a 90-day notice informing him that his station would be offered to a new owner, because he was “no longer the right fit.”
Banks believes the decision is nothing more than the newest chapter in Raceway’s racist treatment of its Black operators.
