(LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18, 2010) –Southern California gas prices dropped to their lowest levels since just before Christmas as the 2010 downward streak at the pump continued for a fifth straight week, 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 $2.950 per gallon, which is 2.5 cents less than last week, ten cents less than last month, and 68 cents higher than last year. In San Diego, the price is $2.938, which is 2.7 cents less than last week’s price, 12 cents below last month, and 63 cents higher than last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.002, down two cents from last week, 11 cents lower than a month ago, and 64 cents above last year. In the Inland Empire, the average per gallon price is $2.941, which is 1.8 cents less than last week, 10 cents less than last month, and 67 cents more than last year.
“Gas price declines are continuing at a very slight level,” said Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring. “Local gas price averages have remained stayed within the range of $2.80 to $3.20 a gallon since June of last year, and within the range of $2.90 to $3.10 since October. Once price averages for the larger metropolitan areas have neared the $2.90 mark in recent months, the declines have stopped.”
The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.950 per gallon, which is 2.5 cents less than last week, ten cents less than last month, and 68 cents higher than last year. In San Diego, the price is $2.938, which is 2.7 cents less than last week’s price, 12 cents below last month, and 63 cents higher than last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.002, down two cents from last week, 11 cents lower than a month ago, and 64 cents above last year. In the Inland Empire, the average per gallon price is $2.941, which is 1.8 cents less than last week, 10 cents less than last month, and 67 cents more than last year.
“Gas price declines are continuing at a very slight level,” said Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring. “Local gas price averages have remained stayed within the range of $2.80 to $3.20 a gallon since June of last year, and within the range of $2.90 to $3.10 since October. Once price averages for the larger metropolitan areas have neared the $2.90 mark in recent months, the declines have stopped.”
The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline. As of 1 p.m. on Feb. 18, averages are:
Area | Regular | One-week change | Record Price |
Los Angeles – Long Beach | $2.950 | -2.5 cents | $4.626 (6/21/08) |
Orange County | $2.934 | -3.2 cents | $4.598 (6/19/08) |
San Diego | $2.938 | -2.7 cents | $4.630 (6/19/08) |
Santa Barbara – Santa Maria – Lompoc | $3.002 | -2.0 cents | $4.709 (6/21/08) |
Riverside – San Bernardino | $2.941 | -1.8 cents | $4.614 (6/22/08) |
Bakersfield | $2.996 | -2.9 cents | $4.591 (6/24/08) |
Ventura | $2.924 | -3.0 cents | $4.625 (6/18/08) |