Auto Club: Holiday Shoppers Benefit From Lower
Fuel Prices
Business Editors & Automotive/Transportation Writers
LOS ANGELES--Dec. 10, 2002--The December monthly
average price of gasoline in Southern California dropped nearly six
cents compared with last month, erasing all of November's price gains,
according to the Automobile Club of Southern California's monthly Fuel
Gauge Report.
The Southern California average price for regular self-serve
unleaded gasoline is $1.559, down from the November average of $1.618.
The October average was $1.570. The state average fell to $1.586, down
4.6 cents from November. San Francisco Bay-area motorists now pay an
average of $1.670, down four cents from last month.
The lowest average price in the state can be found in Marysville,
where drivers can pump regular self-serve unleaded gasoline for
$1.430. The most expensive gasoline in the state is in Eureka, where
the price is unchanged at $1.86.
Nationally, the average price for a gallon of regular self-serve
gasoline dropped 8.2 cents to $1.378. Georgia has the lowest state
average at $1.212, about 10 cents lower than last month.
"Oil and gasoline supplies continue to be plentiful," said Auto
Club spokesperson Carol Thorp. "This is due, in part, to recent
international activities including subsiding labor unrest in Venezuela
and the fact that OPEC oil ministers hinted that official oil
production quotas will be increased."
In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium
grades of gasoline are listed below:
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County Unl Pre
Imperial County
El Centro 1.694 1.879
Inyo County
Bishop 1.679 1.857
Kern County
Bakersfield 1.440 1.608
Ridgecrest 1.552 1.732
Los Angeles County
Alhambra 1.516 1.699
Arcadia 1.582 1.769
Burbank 1.532 1.784
Culver City 1.602 1.869
Glendale 1.543 1.806
Glendora 1.586 1.799
Inglewood 1.529 1.714
Lancaster 1.463 1.674
Long Beach 1.568 1.742
Los Angeles 1.560 1.763
Manhattan Beach 1.539 1.724
Montebello 1.552 1.722
Santa Clarita 1.549 1.719
Santa Monica 1.587 1.719
Van Nuys 1.490 1.639
Whittier 1.541 1.737
Woodland Hills 1.536 1.736
Orange County
Anaheim 1.520 1.738
Fullerton 1.522 1.744
Huntington Beach 1.534 1.732
La Habra 1.505 1.699
Laguna Beach 1.619 1.809
Newport Beach 1.630 1.859
San Clemente 1.639 1.829
Riverside County
Blythe 1.712 1.959
Hemet 1.505 1.739
Riverside 1.515 1.646
San Bernardino County
Redlands 1.516 1.639
San Bernardino 1.530 1.747
Victorville 1.472 1.651
San Diego County
Chula Vista 1.615 1.789
Del Mar 1.577 1.719
Escondido 1.590 1.787
Oceanside 1.616 1.895
San Diego 1.616 1.847
San Luis Obispo County
San Luis Obispo 1.485 1.675
Santa Barbara County
Lompoc 1.613 1.839
Santa Barbara 1.648 1.769
Santa Maria 1.535 1.689
Tulare County
Porterville 1.520 1.699
Visalia 1.454 1.649
Ventura County
Ventura 1.579 1.799
So. Calif. Avg. 1.559 1.753
In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium
grades of gasoline are listed below: The Auto Club's Fuel Gauge Report
is based on data gathered from monitoring fuel transactions at 2,800
Southern California gas stations. Oil Price Information Service -- the
nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information,
provides the data.
The Automobile Club of Southern California, the largest affiliate
of the AAA, has been serving members since 1900. Today, the Auto
Club's members benefit by roadside assistance, insurance products and
services, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing,
buying and financing programs, automotive testing and analysis, trip
planning services, highway and transportation safety programs.
Information about these products and services is available on the
Auto Club's Web site at www.aaa-calif.com.
