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Southland Gasoline Prices Rise for Fifth Straight Day
Gas prices are continuing to climb with the average price for a gallon of regular in Los Angeles County at $4.386 per gallon.
Prices for a gallon of gas continue to hover well over $4 a gallon, with the cheapest gas in the Venice-Mar Vista area at $4.28 a gallon.
In Los Angeles County, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular increased for the fifth straight day Monday and rose 1.2 cents to $4.386.
A gallon of regular was going for $4.28 at the USA Petroleum at 4395 Glencoe Ave. in Marina del Rey.
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The increases stem from record low gasoline inventories and continued refinery issues that "may resolve itself in the next week," according to Jeffrey Spring of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
The average price is 15.4 cents more than one week ago, 11.4 cents higher than one month ago and 14 cents greater than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
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-- City News Service contributed to this report.
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