California Gas Prices Could Soon Soar Past $7 Per Gallon

California Gas Hits $8 a Gallon, but Fresno Prices Are Much Lower

Imagine the sticker shock for drivers in downtown Los Angeles when they pulled into a Chevron station and saw the price: $8.21 a gallon. “It’s insane, insane work … it’s too too high. I definitely won’t be coming here for that,” Denise Rodriguez told ABC7. That price represents the extreme of rising fuel prices driven by the war in Iran. However, California has the highest priced gas in the nation, an average of $5.20 a gallon for regular, accor…

California Gas Prices Could Soon Soar Past $7 Per Gallon

California drivers already pay some of the highest gas prices in the country, and escalating Middle East tensions could push them into shocking territory. National gas prices are already moving fast, and California could be headed somewhere far worse. The national average gas price sits at $3.45 per gallon as of March 8, 2026, according ... California Gas Prices Could Soon Soar Past $7 Per Gallon