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A 5-hour line: Southeast gas prices surge after that pipeline hack, but L.A.'s not immune Nancy Rivera Brooks © Provided by The LA Times A customer pumps gas at Costco, as others wait in line, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) (Chris Carlson / AP) Gasoline prices are jumping and shortages are expanding in Southeastern states as panicky drivers race to fill up and the nation's largest petroleum pipeline remains shut down, threatening to leave the region light on fuel for days. Popular Searches Even Californians are feeling that familiar pu...

"This is a typical pattern that we see during the spring months,'' Spring said. The average price has increased 12.3 cents over the past 17 days, including nine-tenths of a cent Sunday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It is 5.8 cents more than one week ago, 17.5 cents higher than one month ago and $1.30 greater than one year ago. The average price has risen 91.7 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. A 13-day streak of increases to the Orange County average price ended ...

A streak of increases to the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County was extended Sunday to 12 days, but barely, rising one-tenth of a cent to $4.122.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Saturday for the 11th consecutive day and 18th time in 19 days, increasing seven-tenths of a cent to $4.121, its highest amount since Oct. 20, 2019.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose today for the 15th consecutive day, increasing a half-cent to $4.136, its highest amount since Oct. 23, 2019.