Auto Club: Motorists Get a Breather as Gas Prices Pause Following Six Weeks of Increases.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. -- Gas prices fell this week, giving motorists a relief from a trend of higher 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 that lasted six 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 automobile, self-propelled vehicle used for travel on land. The term is commonly applied to a four-wheeled vehicle designed to carry two to six passengers and a limited amount of cargo, as contrasted with a truck, which is designed primarily for the transportation of Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los LOS Length of stay, see there Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.570, which is 3.6 cents lower than last week, 12 cents higher than last month and 44 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 $2.575 -- 3.7 cents below last week's price, 8 cents above last month and 44 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.706, down 3.2 cents from last week, 12 cents higher than last month and 45 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 $2.584, down 4 cents from last week, 11 cents above last month and 45 cents higher than last year. "Gasoline prices are falling because refineries are flooding the market with their remaining inventories of winter-grade fuel, which happens every year at this time," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "The slight downward trend should continue for a couple of weeks. Refineries begin shipping summer-grade fuel on March 1st. After then, motorists can expect to see prices turn upward again." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Feb. 17:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.570 -3.6 cents $2.999 (9/6/2005)
Orange County $2.533 -3.2 cents $2.970 (9/6/2005)
San Diego $2.575 -3.7 cents $3.060 (9/5/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.706 -3.2 cents $3.111 (9/7/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.584 -4.0 cents $3.030 (9/9/2005)
Bakersfield $2.570 -4.8 cents $3.167 (9/9/2005)
Las Vegas $2.449 -2.6 cents $2.968 (9/8/2005)
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