CAMARILLO, Calif. >> Honolulu again leads the nation with the highest average price of $3.43 for a gallon of regular gasoline, according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released today.

The average price of regular gasoline in the United States is up 3.8 cents over a three-week period to $2.85. The price shows an increase of 80 cents from a year ago

Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average price for a gallon of mid-grade was $2.98. Premium was at $3.09. Diesel was at $3.06, up nearly ten cents from two weeks ago.

Newark, N.J., had the lowest average price among cities surveyed at $2.64 a gallon for regular.

In California, the average price for a gallon of regular was up 1.89 cents to $3.06. Stockton had the state's least expensive gas at $3.02 a gallon. San Francisco was the steepest at $3.11.