Auto Club: Gasoline Prices Trending Lower; Central Coast Bucks Trend with New Record High.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. -- 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 moved lower for the second straight week through most of 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, 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 only exception to the lower price trend was the Central Coast communities, where prices reached new record highs. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.603, which is 1.6 cents lower than last week, 20 cents higher than last month and 43 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 $2.598, which is 1.7 cents lower than last week, 21 cents above last month and 42 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.730, up 1.4 cents from last week, 22 cents higher than last month and 44 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 $2.622, down 2.1 cents from last week, 19 cents above last month and 42 cents above last year. "Declines in crude oil prices that occurred over the past few weeks are now being reflected at local gas pumps in most areas," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "The trend of slowly declining gas prices should continue through May." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., April 29:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.603 -1.6 cents $2.625 (4/13/2005)
Orange County $2.582 -2.3 cents $2.605 (4/21/2005)
San Diego $2.598 -1.7 cents $2.626 (4/12/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa
Maria- Lompoc $2.730 +1.4 cents $2.730 (4/28/2005)
Riverside-San
Bernardino $2.622 -2.1 cents $2.649 (4/13/2005)
Bakersfield $2.655 -2.4 cents $2.682 (4/15/2005)
Las Vegas $2.513 -1.8 cents $2.534 (4/14/2005)
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