Auto Club: Motorists Have a Lucky Friday the 13th with Fourth Straight Week of Lower Gas Prices.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. -- Shaking off the tradition of bad luck on Friday the 13th Friday the 13th regarded as unlucky day. [Western Folklore: Misc.] See : Luck, Bad , 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, motorists have the good fortune of paying less for a gallon of gasoline for the fourth consecutive 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. The lower price trend shows every sign of continuing through the rest of May. The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.539, which is 4.2 cents lower than last week, eight cents lower than last month and 29 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 $2.536, a 4.5-cent decline from than last week, nine cents below last month and 27 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.668, down 4.1 cents from last week, five cents lower than last month and 30 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 $2.556, down 4.7 cents from last week, nine cents below last month and 28 cents above last year. "There is ample crude oil in the nation's inventories to meet our needs and those levels are having a calming effect on international crude markets, where prices had been fluctuating fluc·tu·ate v. fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates v.intr. 1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing. 2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate. v. ," said Auto Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "The downward trend appears to be accelerating and motorists can expect to see further declines at the gas pumps for several weeks to come." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., May 13:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.539 -4.2 cents $2.625 (4/13/2005)
Orange County $2.533 -3.3 cents $2.605 (4/21/2005)
San Diego $2.536 -4.5 cents $2.626 (4/12/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $2.668 -4.1 cents $2.730 (4/29/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.556 -4.7 cents $2.649 (4/13/2005)
Bakersfield $2.555 -5.5 cents $2.682 (4/22/2005)
Las Vegas $2.419 -5.0 cents $2.534 (4/14/2005)
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