Auto Club: Gas Prices Continue Trickling 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 downward for the 13th consecutive week, but at a continued slower pace, indicating that the decreases may soon end, 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 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 in the Los LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.226, which is 3.7 cents lower than last week, 22 cents lower than last month and 19 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 $2.284 -- 1.5 cents below last week's price, 18 cents below last month and 22 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.39, down 2.6 cents from last week, 18 cents lower than last month and 22 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 $2.253, down 3.1 cents from last week, 22 cents below last month and 21 cents higher than last year. "After several weeks of declines, California wholesale gasoline prices turned up sharply this week, and that could soon translate into increases at the pump," Auto Club spokesperson Paul Gonzales Paul Garza Gonzales (born April 18, 1964 in East Los Angeles, California) was an American boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Amateur Career said. "The higher prices are fueled by scheduled January refinery maintenance and the annual switch from winter to summer gas blends, which takes place in February." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Dec. 30:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.226 -3.7 cents $2.999 (9/6/2005)
Orange County $2.190 -4.1 cents $2.970 (9/6/2005)
San Diego $2.284 -1.5 cents $3.060 (9/5/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.390 -2.6 cents $3.111 (9/7/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.253 -3.1 cents $3.030 (9/9/2005)
Bakersfield $2.327 -0.5 cents $3.167 (9/9/2005)
Las Vegas $2.168 -2.5 cents $2.968 (9/8/2005)
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