Gas prices are down again this Thanksgiving holiday at Ernie's General Store in Stockton as a gift of gratitude for customers.

Jose Ortega, a Stockton resident, showed up on Wednesday to get gas from Ernie Giannecchini's gas station. Drivers like Ortega filled up for around $37.

Giannecchini's been lowering his gas station's prices for a few years around the holidays. He started for Thanksgiving week on Monday, with prices on Wednesday at $3.59 a gallon. Across the street at another gas station, it's $4.49.

"If it wasn't for my customers, I wouldn't be in business. I wouldn't have made it 47 years," Giannecchini said. "I have to try to give back to them when I can."

Chuck Shifflett was on his way to Lodi and said he knew Ernie's General Store had the cheapest gas around, so he drove ou

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