California drivers continue to feel pain at the pump amid Iran war

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Jeff Behrens from Fresno spent $135 astatine the Pilot Travel Center successful Madera connected Monday morning.

He's a traveling electrician and operation manager astatine ReGen Electric and was filling his enactment motortruck earlier traveling up north.

"Weekly, it's astir astir $800, truthful that is what, $2,400, $3,200 a month," helium said.

He says, unfortunately, this full lone means prices person gone up crossed the board.

Behrens noticed the interaction connected the job.

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"Everyone we bargain worldly from, it has been skyrocketing and it's conscionable insane," helium said.

The interaction is besides felt astatine home.

"For one, a batch of market buying to support prices down arsenic acold arsenic eating retired but adjacent then, market buying is costly arsenic well," helium said.

Behrens is not alone.

Americans crossed the state are seeing prices astatine the pump, with Californians seeing immoderate of the highest numbers.

"The mean volition beryllium approaching $6 for regular unleaded, and diesel, connected the different hand, volition commencement to adjacent successful connected $8 and that is simply a problem," says Matt McClain, a petroleum expert with GasBuddy.

McClain says this is the harsh world until thing changes amid the warfare successful Iran.

"It's a truly large backmost and forth, but the crude lipid markets privation nary portion successful it and are driving prices adjacent higher," helium said.

Behrens is hoping families tin get immoderate alleviation sooner alternatively than later.

"These are people, these are my neighbors and conscionable to spot everyone struggling is conscionable truthful sad," helium said. "I cognize this is 1 illustration with gas, but it's everywhere."

McClain says these prices astatine the pump could spell up by 5 to 10 cents by the extremity of the week, depending connected what happens successful the Middle East.

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