One More New Gas Price Record In California -- And Perhaps The Last

By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
Tue, 10/09/2012 - 7:14am

For the fourth straight day, California has a new record for gasoline prices, but the rise has apparently lost nearly all of its momentum.

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