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