Auto Club: Southern California Gas Prices Tumble.News Editors/Automotive Writers/Travel Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2003 For the fifth 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 last week giving summertime drivers more reason to hit the road, 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 $1.702 per gallon, which is 2.5 cents lower than last week's price, 7 cents lower than last month and 10 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 $1.721, which is 2.6 cents below last week's level, 6 cents lower than last month and 10 cents above last year. Motorists in the central coast pay an average price of $1.818, which is 2.8 cents lower than last week's price, 7 cents lower than last month and 13 cents higher than last year. "Wholesale prices for gasoline began dropping about the beginning of July and we've seen the results reflected in the prices we pay at the local retailer," 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. . "But refinery problems this week at Conoco/Phillips in Carson and at Shell in Washington state will probably cause our pump prices to flatten out Verb 1. flatten out - become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" flatten change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form splat - flatten on impact; "The snowballs splatted on the trees" in the next week." The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for motoring trips. Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., July 25:
Area Regular Change from Record
last week Price
Los Angeles-Long Beach $1.702 -2.5 cents $2.167(3/22/03)
San Diego $1.721 -2.6 cents $2.211(3/20/03)
Santa Barbara-
Santa Maria-Lompoc $1.818 -2.8 cents $2.207(3/22/03)
Las Vegas $1.660 unchanged $2.063(3/25/03)
Phoenix $1.566 -2.9 cents $2.003(3/22/03)
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