The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose 14.8 cents Saturday to $5.146, its largest one- day increase since Sept. 29, 2022.
The average price has increased 17 consecutive days, including 10.4 cents Friday, and is the highest it’s been since May 22, 2024. It is 46 cents more than one week ago, 60.3 cents more than one month ago and 41.2 cents more than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped $1.289 since rising to a record $6.435 on Oct. 5, 2022.
Prices were rising slightly in line with seasonal norms before the joint U.S./Israel attack on Iran on Feb. 28 sent oil prices higher and drastically accelerated increases at the gas pump…