Average price of gas rises 3 cents per gallon

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average retail price of gasoline in the nation went up almost 3 cents per gallon in the past three weeks.

The national average for self-serve regular was $2.32 a gallon, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday.

The average for midgrade was $2.43, while premium was $2.53 a gallon, according to Lundberg's latest survey of 7,000 gas stations across the country.

The cheapest gas in the country was found in Cheyenne, Wyo., where the price of self-serve regular was $2.09 a gallon. The highest average price for that grade was $2.84 in Honolulu.

The average price for regular grade in California was $2.61 per gallon. Among California cities surveyed, the highest price was in San Francisco at $2.67 and the lowest was in Fresno at $2.54.