$3.29 a gallon

Pump prices eased in California and around the nation during the last week, a federal report showed Monday, as gasoline demand remained sluggish and oil backed away from the $100-a-barrel milestone. California motorists paid an average of $3.29 for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline, down 3.8. cents, according to the Energy Department’s weekly survey of filling stations. The average U.S. pump price for regular gasoline fell 4.1. cents to $3.068 a gallon in the week that ended Monday, the survey found. The California average was up 70.7 cents a gallon from a year earlier and the U.S. average was up 83.9 cents a gallon from year-earlier prices, the agency said. (LAT)