The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped 4.8 cents Wednesday to $5.523, its lowest amount since Aug. 18.
The average price has fallen 37 of the last 39 days and is 20.6 cents less than one week ago and 67.8 cents less than one month ago, but 77.8 cents more than one year ago. It has increased 97.2 cents since the start of the joint U.S./Israel war on Iran on Feb. 28, which sent oil prices higher and drastically accelerated increases at the gas pump…