By City News Service
May 25, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose a half-cent today to $4.189 after back-to-back decreases totaling three-tenths of a cent.
The average price has increased 29 of the past 32 days, increasing 16.3 cents to its highest amount since Oct. 19, 2019, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The average price is 1.4 cents more than one week ago, 15.1 cents higher than one month ago and $1.266 greater than one year ago. It has risen 95.7 cents since the start of the year, mainly because of a run of 59 increases in 60 days totaling 57.9 cents that ended March 21.