Auto Club: Gas Prices Begin Slow Drop Downward.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Gas prices continued creeping creeping 1. gradual progression of a lesion or tissue growth. 2. prostrate growth pattern of a plant, e.g. c. buttercup (Ranunculus repens), c. caustic (Euphorbia drummondii), c. charlie (Glechoma hederacea), c. further downward this week from all-time record highs set in mid-May, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $3.376, which is 2.5 cents lower than last week, 23 cents higher than last month and 92 cents higher than last year. In San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the price is $3.40 - 3.7 cents below last week's price, 23 cents above last month and 95 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.468, down 1.8 cents from last week, 23 cents above than last month and 89 cents higher than last year. In the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. , the average price is $3.412, down 2.8 cents from last week, 22 cents above last month and 97 cents higher than last year. "Oil industry analysts indicate there is plenty of gasoline available for the summer driving months," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "Over the past five years, gas prices have spiked in the spring and tapered ta·per n. 1. A small or very slender candle. 2. A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps. 3. A source of feeble light. 4. a. downward in June and July, so we could see that pattern again this year." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., May 26:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles -- Long
Beach $3.376 -2.5 cents $3.402 (5/13/2006)
Orange County $3.338 -3.0 cents $3.371 (5/17/2006)
San Diego $3.400 -3.7 cents $3.438 (5/15/2006)
Santa Barbara-Santa
Maria-Lompoc $3.468 -1.8 cents $3.493 (5/20/2006)
Riverside -- San
Bernardino $3.412 -2.8 cents $3.445 (5/15/2006)
Bakersfield $3.415 -3.1 cents $3.450 (5/16/2006)
Las Vegas, NV $3.142 -2.7 cents $3.176 (5/17/2006)
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