The new year has arrived and Southland motorists are already grappling with a familiar nemesis — rising gas prices.
The average price for a gallon of regular in Los Angeles County was $3.07 Monday, up 27 cents from a month ago and up nearly 40 cents from the same time last year.
The Inland Empire isn’t faring any better.
The average price in San Bernardino County was $3.01. That was nearly 30 cents more than a month ago and up 38 cents from a year earlier.
By contrast, the average U.S. price for regular was $1.99 a gallon Monday, down 5.3 cents from a month ago and down 20 cents from a year ago.
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