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Gas Prices Continue to Drop

Website shows Concord prices ranging from $3.85 to $4.11.

Memorial Day drivers got an unexpected holiday gift.

Gasoline prices decreased a few more cents on a weekend where motorists usually see them go up.

In the East Bay, the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline is now $4.03. That's eight cents less than a week ago and 22 cents cheaper than a month ago, according to a California State Automobile Association website.

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The same is true across much of California. The average price statewide for regular unleaded is now $4.04 a gallon. That's also eight cents less than last week and 21 cents cheaper than last month.

Nationwide, the average price is now $3.79. It's dropped a nickel in the past week and 14 cents during the past month.

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Almost every East Bay community has at least one station selling gas for a few pennies under $4 a gallon.

In Concord on May 31, the website gasbuddy.com listed regular unleaded ranging from $3.85 to $4.11 a gallon.

In Walnut Creek, a website for mapquest displays a price range of $3.99 to $4.11 for stations in that city.

In the San Ramon Valley, the mapquest site shows a range of prices from $4.09 to $4.15.

Statewide, the cheapest gas on the gasbuddy site is a U Save in Fresno at $3.71 a gallon. The most expensive listed is a Mobil station in the West Covina region of Los Angeles at $4.91 a gallon.

In the Bay Area, Vallejo has the best bargains with several stations selling gas for under $3.90 a gallon.


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