Most areas of Southern California have experienced four straight weeks of gas price declines, according to the Auto Club’s Weekend Gas Watch. The average price for self-serve regular gasoline in California is $4.77, which is three cents lower than a week ago and 61 cents lower than a year ago today. The average national price is $3.18, which is one cent higher than a week ago and 48 cents lower than on this date last year.
The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $4.76 per gallon, which is four cents less than last week and 59 cents less than last year. In San Diego, the average price is $4.75, which is two cents less than last week and 59 cents lower than this time last year.
On the Central Coast, the average price is $4.71, which is one cent less than last week and 62 cents lower than last year. In Riverside, the average per-gallon price is $4.62, which is five cents less than last week and 66 cents lower than a year ago. In Bakersfield, the $4.71 average price is the same as last week and 59 cents lower than a year ago today.
“A continued downturn in gas prices is unusual for Southern California at this time of year,” said Auto Club spokesperson Doug Shupe. “Typically, local drivers would be seeing a spike in prices at the beginning of May. Prices are still about 40 cents a gallon higher than at the start of the year, but they have dropped by about 20 cents a gallon from a month ago and are about 60 cents per gallon lower than this time last year.”
The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline. As of 9 a.m. on May 1, averages are:
