Average Gas Price Near Imperial Beach Sets 2021 High

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose to its 2021 high Monday, increasing a three-tenths of a cent to $4.364, erasing the previous high of $4.361 set Sunday.

The average price is 1 cent more than one week ago, 1.1 cents higher than one month ago and $1.172 greater than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

The average price has risen $1.134 since the start of the year. It dropped one-tenth of a cent on both Friday and Saturday.

The all-time record is $4.725 set on Oct. 8, 2012.

Refinery problems related to the Sept. 17 earthquake centered in Carson continue to keep Southern California gas prices at a high level at a time when prices customarily decline because of decreased demand following the end of the summer vacation driving season, according to Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.

— City News Service