A run of 17 decreases in 18 days to the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County totaling 25.3 cents ended Sunday with an increase of three-tenths of a cent to $5.768.
The average price dropped 12 consecutive days, was unchanged Monday and resumed dropping Tuesday.
The run of dropping prices followed a 35-day streak of increases totaling $1.274 that pushed the average price to a record $6.018 March 29.
The average price is 5.4 cents less than one week ago and 5.2 cents lower than one month ago but $1.76 higher than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
