Auto Club: Gas Prices Higher but Plateau Could Be Near.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. -- New record-high prices for 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 were set throughout 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. this week, but prices may be close to a plateau plateau, elevated, level or nearly level portion of the earth's surface, larger in summit area than a mountain and bounded on at least one side by steep slopes, occurring on land or in oceans. , 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 $3.398, which is 6.1 cents higher than last week, 52 cents higher than last month and 86 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 $3.435 -- 7.1 cents above last week's price, 55 cents above last month and 89 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.476, up 5.8 cents from last week, 50 cents above last month and 80 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 $3.439, up 6.7 cents from last week, 53 cents above last month and 88 cents higher than last year. "Late this week there were indications that prices were beginning to level out, which is consistent with Energy Department reports of higher domestic production and flat demand for gasoline," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "Since prices reached new record-high levels beginning in April, motorists have cut back driving, which has put downward pressure on retail prices." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., May 12:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $3.398 +6.1 cents $3.398 (5/11/2006)
Orange County $3.362 +4.8 cents $3.364 (5/10/2006)
San Diego $3.435 +7.1 cents $3.435 (5/11/2006)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $3.476 +5.8 cents $3.476 (5/11/2006)
Riverside-San Bernardino $3.439 +6.7 cents $3.441 (5/10/2006)
Bakersfield $3.443 +7.9 cents $3.443 (5/11/2006)
Las Vegas $3.150 +8.5 cents $3.150 (5/11/2006)
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