Memorial Day Weekend Gas Prices Continue To Drop

Peninsula gas prices continue to drop this Memorial Day weekend, with prices less than $3.90 per gallon now found 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.

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:

• $3.88     Menlo Park       Valero               Marsh Rd near Fair Oaks
•                                         Quick Stop       Middlefield Rd @ 8th Ave 
• $3.89     Half Moon Bay  InterState        Kelly Avenue @ Hwy 1
•               Redwood City  Gas & Shop      Woodside Rd @ Horgan Ave
•                                         Arco                  Middlefield Road @ Chestnut St.
•                                         USA Gas           Jefferson Ave. @ Alameda de las Pulgas
• $3.91     San Mateo       Gas & Shop       4th Ave. @ Delaware Street
• $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 SF          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 Avenue @ Granada St.
•                                        Union 76            Ralston Avenue @ Old Country Road
• $4.23     Millbrae           Union 76            El Camino Real @ Millbrae Ave.
•                                        Market Gas       Rollins Road @ Millbrae Ave.

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.