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The poshest gas station in Los Angeles--directly abut the Beverly Hills border at Olympic and Robertson--just recently changed its branding from BP to the company-owned and consumer friendly ARCO. Usually, the brand is cheaper or seems so without the 45-cent charge to use a card. But that's clearly not the case here. Catty-corner in Beverly Hills, the listed prices are same, sans credit charge.

Finally, the budget has passed both houses--the Senate early this morning and the Assembly this afternoon--and Governor Arnold Scwharzenegger says he plans to sign it next week. However, the LA Times hints that Schwarzenegger may do some line item vetoing and a $1.1 billion deficit still remains to be solved.

The 2009 Urban Mobility Report was released today, and the study gives us insight into how much time and gas we waste in traffic, according to abc7. Published by the Texas Transportation Institute, the study uses 2007 data to compare to earlier years, and while we may want to cheer that we shaved one hour from our "stuck in traffic" time from 2006 to 2007, we are still the worst in the nation when it comes to traffic.

Today, the Legislature is expected to vote to close the State's $24 billion budget deficit with measures that include taking $57 million in gas tax money from the City of Los Angeles. If that were to happen, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says the city could lose 800 street maintenance positions through those revenues. Yes, street maintenance, one of the most complained about aspects of Los Angeles.

Last year this time, gas was a daily news story as it climbed to its all time high on June 21st at $4.626. However, in these recession times, gas prices are not, thankfully, news breaking items. Gas has risen 19-cents in the last two weeks, now at the price of $2.743 per gallon of regular.

Good news for folks with empty tanks: Gas prices in the Los Angeles area have been declining steadily for four weeks now, and are expected to continue to move down, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California. Prices are descending "by about half a penny a day over the past week as more and more Southland gas stations posted prices under $2 a gallon."

Gas prices continued to increase at the rate of about a penny a day this past week. That makes for an average of $2.07 in the Los Angeles area today. "Southern California prices do normally rise at this time of year as refineries cut inventory, perform maintenance, and prepare to produce the 'summer blend' of gasoline that is required to improve the state's air quality," said Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring in a statement. "Since their low point nearly six weeks ago, gas price averages have risen by 34 to 38 cents in most local areas." This is still much better than prices soaring above $4.

Gas prices have been increasing over the last week leaving the current price for a gallon of regular at $1.781, six cents more than seven days ago. Not to fear, though; that's still 33 cents lower than last month and $1.44 under last year. “The increases have pulled California up once again to have one of the most expensive statewide gas price averages in the U.S., behind only Alaska, Hawaii and New York,” explained Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring in a statement on Friday. And don't forget! This is the last weekend of late-night Metro Red Line subway service!

No longer are the days of daily gas price decreases. For the fifth consecutive day, prices in the Los Angeles region have increased. Today's average price for a gallon of regular is $1.766. But not to worry, the Daily News has a good perspective: "The average price has risen 4.4 cents in a week, but is 48.5 cents less than a month ago, $1.469 less than at this time last year and $2.86 less than the record high of $4.626 set on June 21..."

It was less than a week ago when the average price of gas hit $1.784 per gallon of regular. Today, it's $1.720. We've definitely left the days when a 20-cent-plus drop in a week's time was feeling like the norm. According to LosAngelesGasPrices.com's chart, prices ever-so-slightly raised overnight.

Ralph Bunche & Animo Justice Charter High Schools have been evacuated this morning after "reports of strong smell of natural gas in the area," according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Officials believe the natural gas leak's source is around 14th and Long Beach, just south of downtown, but the smell is being reported as far as 27th street and near the schools to the West. Both of those schools are close to USC, but there are no reports of the college taking precaution yet. The LA Fire Department is on scene, but as of 10:18 a.m., they still had not found the source. Five patients were assessed at the scene with one of them, a 14-year-old teenager, who was transported to the hospital with asthma-like symptoms.

Today gas hit the average price of $1.784 per gallon of regular which has Californians paying lower average gas prices than people in twelve other states, according to Jeffrey Spring at the Auto Club. "It's an unusual situation for this state to have prices within a dime of the national average, but it is a welcome bit of relief for Californians who have been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn." That national average sits at $1.683 today.

This will never get old. Today marks the 79th day that gas prices have consecutively dropped. The current average price of a regular gallon of gas is $1.912. Statewide, it's a penny cheaper and about 12-cents cheaper nationally. So why is this happening? We asked Marie Montegomery over at the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA): "We had price levels that were probably unsustainable earlier this year. They were based on not the laws of supply and demand, but where investors perceived where their money would be safest. They were buying up commodities like oil and gasoline futures and prices skyrocketed. Then when all this economic turbulence occurred in September, the bubble burst and everything spiraled down." Boy, did it ever.

For fun, we're taking bets in the comment section on which day gas prices will swing upward (day 100? day 94? day 84?). Today, the price of a gallon of regular gas in Los Angeles/Long Beach is $1.961, nearly three cents lower than yesterday, according to AAA. Nationally, the average sits at $1.812 and is $1.940 statewide. We're going with day 101--in honor of the freeway--as our bet for the day gas prices will turn around. You?

Yes, the average price of a gallon or regular gas is now less than two bucks at $1.987 in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area. Statewide, it's $1.96 with San Francisco leading the state' highest prices at $2.073, according to AAA.

The Los Angeles/Long Beach average price of regular gas today is 2.069, 4-cents lower than yesterday and over a dollar less than a month ago. “Gas prices have never come down by more than a dollar in a one-month period, so this should bring good cheer to travelers this holiday weekend,” said Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring in a statement. “The last time Thanksgiving travelers paid less than this for gas was in 2003, when Los Angeles gas prices averaged $1.73.” Statewide, gas is even cheaper at $2.031.

Today's average price for a regular gallon of gas is $2.180. That's 14.7 cents lower than a few days ago last Friday when it was $2.327. Back on June 21st, gas spiked to its record average high at 4.626. As many like to say.. Road trip!

AAA is reporting some big number trends today: "the average price of self-serve regular gasoline in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.327 per gallon, which is 19.1 cents less than last week, 97 cents lower than last month, and $1.07 under last year." Prices are also nearly half what they were in June when gas spiked to its record average high at 4.626 on June 21st.

Two stations in Pasadena on East Washington Street (between Lake and Hill) found today by Fox 11's helicopter were selling regular gas for $1.98 and $1.97 a gallon. However, those two are bucking the trend as the average price in the Los Angeles region today is $2.36. Last Friday it was $2.491, 13-cents lower.

The average price of a regular gallon of gas today is $2.491. Gas prices have declined for 59 days straight, falling an average of $1.25, according to the Daily News.

Around the nation, some cities are finding their gas prices to be lower than $2. For Los Angeles, that's not the reality, at least yet. Today, the average price of a regular gallon of gas in Los Angeles is $2.574, 27-cents lower than a week ago Monday and 15.6-cents lower than last Thursday. As usual, you may know about cheaper than the average gas in the area. If so, chime in the comments section.

The price of gas in Los Angeles continues to drop as today's local average for a gallon of regular comes out to $2.730, more than 11-cents from Monday's reported average of $2.846. A week ago today, Los Angeles gas was $3.019, nearly 29-cents higher. Of course, you may have spotted cheaper gas in the city. If so, let us know in the comments!

The average gallon or regular gas in the Los Angeles area today is $2.846 meaning gas has dropped around 16-cents since last Thursday and 29-cents since last week Monday.

Eight days ago a regular gallon of gas cost was $3.25. This past Monday, October 27 it was $3:137. Today, October 30: $3.019. Enjoy it while it lasts.

In five days, gas prices have dropped more than 10-cents. On October 22 a regular gallon of gas was $3.25, 20-cents less than a week prior to then. Today, the price for the Los Angeles area averages out to $3.137. In fact, some stations, near and far, are changing out that 3 for a 2: "We've never seen local gas prices come down this fast in such a short period," Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring said last Friday. "Gas stations in Buena Park, Chula Vista, Visalia and a few other local cities are the first to post sub-$3 gas prices, and we could see many more over the next week if this decline continues."

Last Thursday for a regular gallon of gas in Los Angeles: $3.45. Today: $3.25. But will this trend continue downward? Not so fast, says Jeff Siegel at Treehugger: "The fact is, a weakening economy has created fertile ground for falling gas prices. And this is not likely to ease up in the short-term. However, folks shouldn't get too comfortable. Because while economic downturns and recessionary times don't last forever – depleted fossil fuels do. And that's why these lower gas prices represent nothing more than a blip."

The downed power line that caused the 14,000 acre Sesnon Fire was owned by the Southern California Gas Co., who are not regulated by the state's Public Utilities Commission, at least when it comes to power line regulations, the LA Times finds: "Commission rules require power lines owned by electric utilities to be inspected regularly and to have brush under the lines cleared to prevent fires. But commission spokesman Tom Hall told The Times that the rules don't extend to nonelectric utilities on private land." Looks like it's time to change the law.

"Southland gas prices plummeted by more than a penny a day over the past month," AAA of Southern California reported today, adding this observation: "Despite the sizable drop in recent months, however, prices are at about the same level in most areas as the 2007 record high prices." The current price of a regular gallon of gas in Los Angeles is $3.454.

If you're paying more than that, then just know that this is the average in the Los Angeles area, according to AAA. The last time we were at this price point, it was three months ago at the end of May.