{"id":484345,"date":"2026-10-03T23:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484345\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T23:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:46:07","slug":"san-diego-gas-prices-still-hovering-above-6-despite-slight-decrease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484345\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego gas prices still hovering above $6 despite slight decrease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped four-tenths of a cent Saturday to $6.415, its second consecutive slight decrease after a run of 42 increases in 44 days that brought it within seven-tenths of a cent of its all-time record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The average price is 4.4 cents more than one week ago, 51.7 cents more than one month ago and $1.647 more than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has increased $1.729 since the start of the joint U.S.\/Israel war on Iran on Feb. 28, which sent oil prices higher and drastically accelerated increases at the gas pump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Analysts predicted that California gas prices would begin dropping slightly after Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s announcement late Monday that cheaper winter- blend gasoline will be allowed to be sold immediately in California gas stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national average price dropped for the eight consecutive day, decreasing 1.6 cents to $4.38. It has dropped 11.1 cents over the past eight days, including 1.7 cents Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national average price is 10.7 cents less than one week ago, but 23.7 cents more than one month ago and $1.228 more than one year ago. It has increased $1.398 since the attack on Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCrude oil prices have dipped back into the $90 per barrel range, lowering the national average, but overall gas prices remain the highest they\u2019ve ever been for this time of year,\u201d the AAA said Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped four-tenths of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[147,74,84,76,75],"class_list":["post-484345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-gas-prices","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}