Auto Club: Most Southern California Area Gas Prices Drop below $2 Per Gallon.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. -- 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 entered its third consecutive month of 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 price drops after reaching record highs in October, with most major metropolitan areas falling below $2 a gallon this week, 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. Southern California prices have not been this low since last February. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.97 a gallon, which is 2.9 cents lower than last week, 21 cents lower than last month and 25 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 $1.997, which is 3.1 cents lower than last week, 21 cents below last month and 27 cents above last year. On the Central Coast -- the highest-priced region in the state -- the average price is $2.101, which is down 2.3 cents from last week, 21 cents lower than last month and 29 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 $1.982, which is down 2.5 cents from last week, 22 cents below last month and 27 cents above last year. "The price decreases are slowing from their pace in December, when prices were often dropping by a penny a day," said Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp. "Prices are continuing to decrease, but gasoline supplies are expected to tighten in the coming weeks when refineries must switch to producing 'summer blend' gasoline, and that will likely end the downward trend." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Jan. 14.
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.970 -2.9 cents $2.446 (10/21/2004)
Orange County $1.947 -2.9 cents $2.441 (10/23/2004)
San Diego $1.997 -3.1 cents $2.464 (10/21/2004)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.101 -2.3 cents $2.570 (10/22/2004)
Riverside-San Bernardino $1.982 -2.5 cents $2.461 (10/21/2004)
Bakersfield $1.980 -1.5 cents $2.437 (10/23/2004)
Las Vegas $1.854 -1.3 cents $2.290 (10/20/2004)
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