Gas price fun is over

Well, it appears that way. The government's weekly survey shows that an average gallon of regular in the L.A. area is $3.834, down only a penny from the previous week. Other surveys show that local prices have inched up in the last few days. Oil prices did drop today to a little over $95 a barrel, but the general consensus is that, barring something unexpected, we've seen the last of the big price declines - and that oil may, in fact, be headed back over the $100 mark. That's despite a not-so-wonderful recovery.