CAMARILLO, Calif. – Nationwide gas prices hit yet another record in the last three weeks, rising just over one cent to nearly $3.03 per gallon, according to a survey released Sunday.
The national average for self-serve regular stood at $3.025 a gallon Friday, up 1.06 cents since July 21, according to the Lundberg Survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country.
The price exceeds the previous high of $3.015 set in July, analyst Trilby Lundberg said.
A gallon of mid-grade gasoline averaged around $3.13, and premium averaged $3.23.
Plan expands no-fishing zone
Federal authorities have unveiled a proposal to double the size of no-fishing zones around the Channel Islands off Southern California to protect marine life. About 20 percent of the waters surrounding five islands off Ventura and Santa Barbara counties would be closed to harvest under the plan. No-fishing zones would grow to 309 square miles, and an additional 12 square miles would be set aside as a marine conservation area.
Nevada: Brush fire contained
Officials declared victory Sunday over a wildfire that just missed two upscale subdivisions in the Sierra foothills west of Reno. The brush fire threatened about 50 homes and blackened more than 10 square miles. In California, a wildfire raged across about half a square mile of hillside brush in northern Los Angeles County, damaging a power substation and knocking out electricity to at least 4,450 homes. The fire, burning in Gorman, also forced closure of two northbound lanes of I-5, county fire inspector Stan Padilla said.
Indiana: House fire kills four
A fire killed four people early Sunday in a Michigan City two-story house where about a dozen people lived in makeshift rooms, some of them bedding down in closets, the state fire marshal said. Neighbors said they believed most residents in house were Asian immigrants who worked at a local Chinese restaurant. Investigators did not yet know the cause of the fire.
Rhode Island: Marking Victory Day
Today, Rhode Island will observe the end of World War II, the only state still celebrating Victory Day, commonly referred to as Victory over Japan Day, or V-J Day. Americans learned on Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered. Critics say the celebration is discriminatory, and would like to eliminate the holiday or at least remove its reference to Japan. They point out that Rhode Islanders do not celebrate the U.S. victory over Germany, which was defeated three months earlier.
Pennsylvania: Mail powder scare
A woman who sent flour and sugar through the mail set off a major hazardous materials response when one of her packages leaked, police said. About 80 police officers and firefighters were sent to the State College post office Saturday because of what appeared to be a menacing powder. The woman told police she was transferring from Penn State to a school in Chicago and was trying to save money by not replacing her flour and sugar.
Virginia: Missing students captured
The last two of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up at their college program were apprehended at an apartment building Sunday night in Richmond, Va., customs officials said. The students were to attend a monthlong program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont. Eleven arrived in New York on July 29 but never reported to the school. Montana State notified Homeland Security Department officials and registered the Egyptians as no-shows in a system to track foreign students developed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. None of the students is considered a terrorism risk.
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