California’s Average Gas Price Reaches $5 a Gallon

California’s spring breakers will pay more at the pump this year as the average price of gas reached $5 in California’s most populous regions this week, according to the latest figures by the American Automobile Association (AAA).

The average price per gallon for regular blend in the state was $4.99 March 25—17 cents more a gallon than last year, AAA reported.

The cost of gasoline has risen slowly since February, when operators began to switch to state-mandated summer-blend fuel, which is more expensive but is also more eco-friendly.

In Los Angeles and Long Beach, the average reached $5.04 Monday, a 19-cent increase from a year ago.

Orange County drivers were paying an average of $4.99 a gallon Monday, also a 19-cent jump.

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