Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Falling.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. -- For the fourth consecutive week, 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 in the Southland south·land or South·land n. A region in the south of a country or an area. south  land·er n.Noun 1. declined as crude oil futures continued pulling back from record highs set last month, 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 $2.326 a gallon, which is 4.6 cents lower than last week, nine cents lower than last month and 62 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 $2.357, which is 3.7 cents lower than last week, eight cents below last month and 63 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.452, which is down 4.8 cents from last week, seven cents lower than last month and 64 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 $2.358, which is down 4.3 cents from last week, seven cents below last month and 67 cents above last year. "The factor affecting gasoline prices most has been the high cost of crude oil. But since those prices have fallen over the past few weeks, gasoline has declined also," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "We expect the trend of lower prices at the gas pump to last for the remainder of 2004." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Nov. 19.
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.326 -4.6 cents $2.446 (10/21/2004)
Orange County $2.318 -4.8 cents $2.441 (10/23/2004)
San Diego $2.357 -3.7 cents $2.464 (10/21/2004)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.452 -4.8 cents $2.570 (10/22/2004)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.358 -4.3 cents $2.461 (10/21/2004)
Bakersfield $2.340 -4.1 cents $2.437 (10/23/2004)
Las Vegas $2.187 -4.4 cents $2.290 (10/20/2004)
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