Gas prices take slight downturn
The summer vacation season has started, and Southern California drivers have been greeted with lower gasoline prices to start the season.
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 $3.006 per gallon, which is 2.4 cents less than last week, 12 cents lower than last month, and 21 cents higher than last year.
On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.073, 1.6 cents less than last week, 13 cents lower than a month ago, and 23 cents above last year.
In the Inland Empire, the average per gallon price is $2.991, which is 2.2 cents less than last week, 13 cents lower than last month, and 21 cents more than last year.
“This time last year, gas prices were zooming upward, so we are now paying just about 20 cents more per gallon compared to post-Memorial Day in 2009,” Auto Club Spokesperson Jeffrey Spring said in a statement. “It remains to be seen, but it’s within the realm of possibility that summer car travelers could pay even less to fill up than they were during summer months last year.
Filed under: money by Finance Boss