Auto Club: Lower Gas Prices for the Beginning of the Summer Driving Season.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 continued lower for the sixth consecutive week and motorists should see lower prices throughout 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, for the Memorial Day holiday weekend, 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 $2.448, which is 4.7 cents lower than last week, 16 cents lower than last month and nine 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 $2.445, a five cent decline from last week, 15 cents below last month and seven cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.575, down 4.7 cents from last week, 15 cents lower than last month and 10 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 $2.439, down 5.3 cents from last week, 18 cents below last month and four cents above last year. "High prices through the winter and spring have tempered demand for gas. When you combine lower demand with ample supply, that is a recipe for lower prices at our local pumps," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "There may be some retailers who will bump up bump up Verb Informal to increase (prices) by a large amount Verb 1. bump up - increase or raise; "OPEC bumped up the price of oil" their prices during the holiday weekend, but the trend through the entire region is for lower prices and that should continue for the next few weeks." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., May 27.
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.448 -4.7 cents $2.625 (4/13/2005)
Orange County $2.445 -4.6 cents $2.605 (4/21/2005)
San Diego $2.445 -5.0 cents $2.626 (4/12/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.575 -4.7 cents $2.730 (4/29/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.439 -5.3 cents $2.649 (4/13/2005)
Bakersfield $2.422 -5.0 cents $2.682 (4/22/2005)
Las Vegas $2.315 -4.7 cents $2.534 (4/14/2005)
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