Auto Club: Local Gas Prices Trickle Lower.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. -- Hurricane Rita's effect on Southern California gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. prices has been negligible and 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 continue their slow downward march. More rapid price declines are expected in the coming weeks, 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 $2.921, which is 2.3 cents lower than last week, 13 cents higher than last month and 83 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 $2.967 -- 1.2 cents below last week's price, 15 cents above last month and 83 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.017, down 1.9 cents from last week, 15 cents higher than last month and 75 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 $2.948, down 1.5 cents from last week, 16 cents above last month and 83 cents higher than last year. "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, has been relatively immune from dramatic price spikes. This is because California's unique blend of gas does not come from Gulf Coast refiners," Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp said. "Indicators point to the lower price trend continuing for at least the next couple of weeks." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Sept. 30:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.921 -2.3 cents $2.999 (9/6/2005)
Orange County $2.875 -3.5 cents $2.970 (9/6/2005)
San Diego $2.967 -1.2 cents $3.060 (9/5/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $3.017 -1.9 cents $3.111 (9/7/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.948 -1.5 cents $3.030 (9/9/2005)
Bakersfield $3.040 -1.7 cents $3.167 (9/9/2005)
Las Vegas $2.859 -2.9 cents $2.968 (9/8/2005)
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