The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County continued declining Tuesday, although some experts predict a spike after the Trump administration’s move toward a blockade of Iranian ports in the Middle East. The average price dropped Tuesday for the sixth conse cutive day, falling four-tenths of a cent to $5.907, dropping 6.2 cents over the past six days, including six-tenths of a cent on Monday.The streak is the longest since a 12-day streak from Dec. 9-20, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The average price is 5.4 cents less than one week ago, but 37.4 cents more than one month ago and $1.067 more than one year ago. It is 52.8 cents less than the record $6.435 set on Oct. 5, 2022. The average price of a gallon of self-serve diesel gasoline also dropped five cents since last week to $7.649 but is about in line with prices a month ago. The price is $2.74 more than a year ago. Prices were rising slightly in line with seasonal norms before the joint U.S./Israel attack on Iran on Feb. 28 sent oil prices higher and drastically accelerated increases at the gas pump. Prices began to fall slightly after news of a cease fire earlier this month, though subsequent peace talks in Pakistan failed to produce a deal. The national average price resumed dropping, falling seven-tenths of a cent to $4.118, one day after a three-day streak of decreases totaling 4.1 cents ended when it was unchanged. It is 2.2 cents less than one week ago, but 44.3 cents more than one month ago and 93.4 cents more than one year ago. The national average price is 89.8 cents less than the record $5.016 set on June 14, 2022. “Average gasoline prices surged for many Americans through the first half of last week before easing in some areas after oil prices slipped following President (Donald) Trump’s announcement of a cease fire,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, which provides real-time gas price information from more than 150,000 stations, said in a statement released Monday. “However, with a breakdown in talks and renewed escalation over the weekend, motorists should prepare for another round of price increases. The move toward a full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is compounding global supply concerns and risks further disrupting flows, which pushed oil prices sharply higher in Sunday night trading. As a result, gasoline prices are likely to jump again this week … until there is a meaningful restoration of shipping through the strait.” Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are escalating as the Trump administration declared a blockade of Iran’s ports and Tehran threatened regional strikes. The U.S. military claimed Tuesday that it has successfully begun to enforce a blockade of Iranian ports, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned on social media that any Iranian warships nearing the blockade would face a “quick and brutal” strike. He later signaled potential openness to diplomacy after saying he’d spoken with “the other side.” The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less