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Memorial Day Gas Prices Continue to Drop

Menlo Park, Redwood City and Half Moon Bay prices are under $3.90 per gallon, while San Carlos gas is among the more expensive.

Peninsula gas prices continue to drop this Memorial Day weekend, with prices less than $3.90 per gallon in Menlo Park, Half Moon Bay and Redwood City.

Millbrae is still the highest-priced city for gasoline in San Mateo County. With its proximity to San Francisco International airport, travelers returning rental cars often fill up in Millbrae.

Southern California continues to see some of the highest prices in California; a Mobil station in West Covina is reportedly selling a gallon of regular gas for $4.91.

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Fresno and Vallejo seem the least expensive areas to fill up the tank. Gas stations in those areas are selling their product for about $3.75.

Here’s a list of the least expensive gas prices found in the 12 Patch cities on the Peninsula, as reported on the website gasbuddy.com:

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Price

City

Station

Locatin

$3.88

Menlo Park

Valero

Marsh Rd near Fair Oaks

 

 

Quick Stop

Middlefield Rd @ 8th Ave

$3.89

Half Moon Bay

InterState

Kelly Ave @ Hwy 1

 

Redwood City

Gas & Shop

Woodside Rd @ Horgan Ave

 

 

Arco

Middlefield Rd @ Chestnut St

 

 

USA Gas

Jefferson Ave @ Alameda de las Pulgas

$3.91

San Mateo

Gas & Shop

4th Ave @ Delaware St

$3.95

Pacifica

Alliance Gas

Hwy 1 @ Reina del Mar Avenue

$3.99

San Bruno

Kwik Serve

San Bruno Ave @ Shelter Creek

 

 

Union 76

El Camino Real @ San Mateo Ave

 

South San Francisco

Kwik Serve

El Camino Real @ Westborough

 

 

Kwik Serve

El Camino Real @ Hazelwood

 

 

Olympian Gas

El Camino Real @ W. Orange

$4.01

Foster City

Arco

East Hillsdale Blvd @ Edgewater Blvd

$4.05

Burlingame

Valero

Broadway @ Rollins Road

$4.14

San Carlos

Olympian Gas

El Camino Real @ Arroyo Ave

$4.17

Belmont

Arco

Ralston Ave @ Granada St

 

 

Union 76

Ralston Ave @ Old County Road

$4.23

Millbrae

Union 76

El Camino Real @ Millbrae Ave

 

 

Market Gas

Rollins Road @ Millbrae Ave

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Traveling to a nearby state this weekend? Gas prices in Oregon now average $3.87/gallon; in Nevada, $3.78 on average; in Arizona, gas averages $3.65 per gallon of gas.

The highest prices in the nation?  Hawaii, at $4.28 a gallon. The lowest? In Greenville, South Carolina, gas prices average $3.46/gallon.

The next U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly survey will be released Tuesday, after the long holiday weekend. When last reported, California prices averaged $4.12. That average will likely continue to drop.


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