INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Gasoline prices are soaring by leaps and bounds. In some communities, they’re rising faster than they fell.

The Auto Club’s Fuel Gauge Report says local pump prices eclipsed the $3 mark last weekend and were at $3.18 at last check.

The Inland Empire average has skyrocketed by 32-cents in a week and 7-cents in one day.

A month ago, motorists were filling up at $2.41 a gallon.

Story Date: March 4, 2015