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Los Angeles motorists are being mugged at the pump, with the average price of regular gas in the LA-Long Beach area hitting $5.707 per gallon Friday, according to AAA.
That’s almost 28% up from the $4.471 drivers were paying one year ago.
The surge adds more than $18 to the cost of filling a 15-gallon tank.
Drivers across the Golden State are feeling nearly as much pain, with California’s overall average reaching $5.651 per gallon — up from $4.482 at the same time last year, AAA data showed.
But a review of gas prices listed on Google Maps by the California Post found a handful of stations where Angelenos could still fill up for less than the regional average.
The cheapest of the bunch was a 76 station at Pico Boulevard and Barrington Avenue in West LA, where regular gas was listed at $5.16 per gallon as of Thursday, July 30.
That was nearly 55 cents below the LA average, enough to save $8 on a 15-gallon fill up.
Across town, La Brea Gas at Slauson and La Brea avenues in Windsor Hills was charging $5.22 per gallon.
Downtown drivers could shave about 31 cents per gallon at the 76 station near Olympic Boulevard and Alameda Street, where regular was listed at $5.40. The station sits along the eastern edge of downtown near the Arts District.
In the San Fernando Valley, the ARCO at Vanowen and Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood — near Hollywood Burbank Airport — was offering regular for $5.50 per gallon.
The ARCO at Figueroa Street and Avenue 45 in Highland Park rounded out the cheaper options at $5.54 per gallon.
Even that price was about 17 cents below the regional average — a sign that “cheap” gas in Los Angeles is very much a relative term.
Prices listed online can fluctuate and may differ by the time motorists arrive.
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