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Crude falls as gasoline prices continue slide

Retail gasoline prices continued to trickle down in California and nationwide in the last week as worries about the economy kept many people close to home over the Fourth of July weekend. Investors sharing those concerns sent the price of crude oil down Monday for a fourth straight trading day.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in California fell 3.2 cents to $2.952 a gallon Monday, according to the Energy Department's weekly survey of filling stations. The nationwide average fell 3 cents to $2.612 a gallon.