Many Southern California cities saw gas prices drop by about a penny a day in the last week, bringing the majority of gas station prices under $4 a gallon, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Weekend Gas Watch. The state average is $3.871 a gallon for regular today – 6.1 cents lower than last week.
On the Central Coast, the average price is $4.005, which is 4.8 cents below last week, 11 cents lower than a month ago, and 12 cents less than last year.In Morro Bay the Valero is selling for $3.79.
In Bakersfield the price has dropped more than 7cents in the past week. In Tulare Gas Buddy says $3.63 is the cheapest price.
The average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $3.904 per gallon, which is 7.3 cents less than last week, 18 cents lower than last month, and 21 cents lower than last year. In San Diego, the average price is $3.904, which is 5.8 cents below last week, 15 cents below last month, and 19 cents lower than last year. In the Inland Empire, the average per-gallon price is $3.892, down 6.7 cents from last week, 15 cents lower than last month, and 19 cents less than last year.
“For the first time all summer, drivers are paying less now at the pump than they were at the same time last year,” said Auto Club spokesman Jeffrey Spring. “Because of supply issues in other parts of the country, right now California drivers are paying about the same amount for gas as those in Connecticut, Idaho, New York and Washington, D.C.”
The state’s motorists are paying about 25 cents less than a month ago despite the jump in oil prices.