How low will it sink? » News Talk 1590 KVTA

Saturday, November 30, 2024

Update: The price of gas in Ventura County continues to fall. At least four gas stations in the county are showing less than $4 a gallon as of Saturday afternoon, Nov. 30, with others not far behind.

According to Gas Buddy’s website, the cheapest gas in the county was at Silva’s on Ventura Boulevard in Ventura for $3.93 a gallon.

Silva’s, no stranger to being near the top of Gas Buddy’s top ten list in Ventura County, began last week with a decline to $3.99, with two more declines since then.

Costco on Auto Center Drive in Oxnard, also no stranger to the top of the list, decided to get in on the action and was number two at $3.95, followed by Silva’s other gas station on Ventura Avenue in West Ventura at $3.97 and finally again Auto Fuels with Auto Center Drive in Oxnard for $3.99 per gallon.

Rounding out the top ten list were Costco on Park Center Drive in Simi Valley, Sinclair on Harbor Boulevard in Ventura, Chevron on Los Angeles Avenue in Moorpark, 7-Eleven on Harbor Boulevard in Ventura, Reliance on Los Angeles Avenue in Simi Valley , and 76 on Los Angeles Avenue in Simi Valley, all at $4.09 a gallon.

We cannot guarantee that some prices shown will not be influenced by club membership discounts or other credits or offers.

The prices shown are from people who have been to the various gas stations listed and have been sent to Gas Buddy.

Also note that according to Saturday’s Triple-A Fuel Gauge survey, the average price for the cheapest type of regular gasoline in Ventura County was $4.54 per gallon.

Interestingly, the Triple-A map shows Ventura County with the highest average price of the three surrounding counties, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Kern County.

In Ventura County, prices range from one cent to 15 cents higher than the average for those counties.

According to Triple-A, the average price in Ventura County is also 12 cents higher than the current statewide average in California and about $1.50 higher than the current national average.