Auto Club: So Cal Gas Prices Fall for Sixth Week.Business Editors/Travel Writers/Automotive Writers LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2003 For the sixth consecutive week, 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 in 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, fell, giving summertime drivers more relief at the pump, 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. Currently, the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $1.674 per gallon, which is 2.8 cents lower than last week's price, 9.9 cents lower than last month and 8.4 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 $1.699 which is 2.2 cents below last week's level, 8.3 cents lower than last month and 8.5 cents above last year. Motorists in the central coast pay an average price of $1.780, which is 3.8 cents lower than last week's price, 11 cents lower than last month and 10.5 cents higher than last year. "With OPEC OPEC: see Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC in full Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Multinational organization established in 1960 to coordinate the petroleum production and export policies of its countries maintaining their output quotas and regional refinery production problems behind us, gasoline prices should remain relatively flat for the duration of the summer," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. . The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., Aug. 1:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.674 -2.8 cents $2.167 (3/22/03)
San Diego $1.699 -2.2 cents $2.211 (3/20/03)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-
Lompoc $1.780 -3.8 cents $2.207 (3/22/03)
Las Vegas $1.639 -2.1 cents $2.063 (3/25/03)
Phoenix, Ariz. $1.540 -2.6 cents $2.003 (3/22/03)
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