Auto Club: Sub-$2 Gas Prices Reappear After Three Weeks of Declines

(LOS ANGELES, March 13, 2009) – Gas prices under $2 a gallon are cropping up here and there around Southern California after a third straight week of gas price decreases, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Weekend Gas Watch.

The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.175 per gallon, which is 3.6 cents less than last week, four cents lower than last month, and $1.33 less than last year. In San Diego, the price is $2.197, which is 3.7 cents less than last week’s price, six cents below last month, and $1.40 lower than last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $2.267, down three cents from last week, five cents below last month, and $1.43 below last year. In the Inland Empire, the average per gallon price is $2.166, which is 3.6 cents under last week, five cents less than last month, and $1.41 less than last year.

“Granada Hills, Fullerton, Whittier, San Diego and Ontario are among the cities with at least one gas station priced at $1.99 or less this week,” said Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring. “It’s possible that several more cities will see prices under $2 in the next few days.”

The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 3:07 a.m. on March 13.

(A downloadable Word version of the gas price chart is available.)

 

Area	Regular	One-week change	2008 Lowest Price	Record Price
Los Angeles – Long Beach	$2.175	- 3.6 cents	$1.720 (12/16/08)	$4.626 (6/21/08)
Orange County	$2.159	- 3.7 cents	$1.707 (12/17/08)	$4.598 (6/19/08)
San Diego	$2.197	- 3.7 cents	$1.707 (12/15/08)	$4.630 (6/19/08)
Santa Barbara – Santa Maria – Lompoc	$2.267	- 3.0 cents	$1.780 (12/16/08)	$4.709 (6/21/08)
Riverside – San Bernardino	$2.166	- 3.6 cents	$1.692 (12/16/08)	$4.614 (6/22/08)
Bakersfield	$2.285	- 4.5 cents	$1.785 (12/15/08)	$4.591 (6/24/08)
Ventura	$2.196	- 2.8 cents	$1.737 (12/16/08)	$4.625 (6/18/08)