Gasoline Price Near Banning, Beaumont Rises For 31st Consecutive Day

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in the Inland Empire rose Friday to its highest amount since Jan. 12, 2016, increasing three-tenths of a cent to $2.991.

The average price in Riverside and San Bernardino counties has risen 31 consecutive days, increasing 19.1 cents, including nine-tenths of a cent on Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The average price is 5.9 cents more than one week ago, 16.6 cents higher than one month ago and 51.8 cents greater than one year ago.

The streak of increases is the longest since a 35-day run from Jan. 31- March 6, 2015.

``It seems that supplies are tight in advance of the April 1 deadline to switch from using winter blend to summer blend gasoline, and that activity, combined with some planned and unplanned refinery maintenance, is pushing prices higher,” said Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.

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