Auto Club: Gas Prices Bottoming Out.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. -- The 12-week-long trend of lower gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by prices may be ending for Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, motorists as most areas in the region experience only small decreases at the pump this week, 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 LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.263, which is 2 cents lower than last week, 25 cents lower than last month and 18 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 $2.299 -- 1.7 cents below last week's price, 23 cents below last month and 18 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.416, down 2.2 cents from last week, 21 cents lower than last month and 18 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 $2.284, down 2.9 cents from last week, 25 cents below last month and 19 cents higher than last year. "Prices have fallen 25 percent since their record highs in September," Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp said. "After the New Year, motorists can expect prices to begin rising as refineries cut back production to conduct their annual maintenance and begin the process of producing the summer blend of gas, which must be completed by the end of February." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Dec. 23:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.263 -2.0 cents $2.999 (9/6/2005)
Orange County $2.231 -1.4 cents $2.970 (9/6/2005)
San Diego $2.299 -1.7 cents $3.060 (9/5/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.416 -2.2 cents $3.111 (9/7/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.284 -2.9 cents $3.030 (9/9/2005)
Bakersfield $2.331 -2.4 cents $3.167 (9/9/2005)
Las Vegas $2.193 -0.4 cents $2.968 (9/8/2005)
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