Gas just hit $6 in Los Angeles. Here's where you can still find it for $5

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The cost of gasoline hit an unwelcome benchmark in the Los Angeles area on Tuesday as the average price per gallon officially reached the $6 mark, according to the American Automobile Assn.National gas prices also hit an unpleasant peak Tuesday when they surpassed the $4 mark for the first time in nearly four years.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent prices up in 2022, and this time the surge in cost is due to Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes — amid the ongoing war.

Average gas prices at the local and national levels have increased by more than $1 a gallon since the U.S.and Israel initiated the conflict with Iran on Feb 28.

And average national prices for diesel, the fuel used by most delivery trucks, have seen an even larger increase, up to $5.45 a gallon from around $3.76 before the war began, according to AAA.Gas stations still have the ability to set their own prices, meaning there is a significant range seen across the region.On the high end of the spectrum, the infamously expensive Chevron on the corner of Alameda Street and East Cesar Chavez Avenue in Chinatown is charging more than $8.70 a gallon.

However, there are also several stations where gas still costs around $5 a gallon, according to the GasBuddy app.As of Tuesday, the stations with more acceptably priced gas in L.A.

County include:Californians may be pulling their hair out over the uptick in oil costs, but for many consumers in European countries, wartime disruptions in oil supplies have resulted in even more extreme price surges.In Paris, for example, the average price per gallon hit the equivalent of $10.27 this week.

In a Tuesday statement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt vowed that “gas prices will plummet back to the multi-year lows American drivers enjoyed before these short-term disruptions” once the U...