{"id":243461,"date":"2026-03-30T14:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:47:11","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-one-infamous-gas-station-doesnt-reflect-prices-across-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/243461\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters to the Editor: One infamous gas station doesn\u2019t reflect prices across Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To the editor: Staff writer Suhauna Hussain\u2019s article on the Chevron near Union Station offered useful context, but it also illustrated how easily coverage can keep feeding a familiar spectacle (\u201c$8.71 a gallon? Welcome to L.A.\u2019s most infamous gas station,\u201d<\/a> March 25). That station\u2019s price sign may be eye-catching, but it is not a fair measure of what Angelenos are paying. For years, it has stood apart from the broader market as a notorious outlier.<\/p>\n

That distinction matters. While the latest conflict involving Iran may help explain broader pressure on gas prices, this station\u2019s reputation long predates the current moment. It is a symbol of gas-price panic more than a true barometer of the Los Angeles market.<\/p>\n

Even when coverage tries to add nuance, returning to this same corner can still exaggerate the story.<\/p>\n

Christian Galeno, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

..<\/p>\n

To the editor: I have just returned from a trip to the Midwest. The average price for regular unleaded was about $3.80.<\/p>\n

So who\u2019s to blame for the high gas prices in California? The voters, that\u2019s who. It was them who voted against repealing the \u201cgas tax\u201d bill<\/a> and now they\u2019re paying the price at the pump. Once again, the people were hoodwinked by the politicians into believing that higher gas prices were good for them.<\/p>\n

To the voters of this state, I say this: If you voted for the gas tax, quit whining about its effect on your finances.<\/p>\n

Mark Walker, Yorba Linda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To the editor: Staff writer Suhauna Hussain\u2019s article on the Chevron near Union Station offered useful context, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[109163,109164,20381,2072,10593,76934,109165,109161,19378,48,52,51,1838,47,50,49,1929,109162,21646,1522],"class_list":["post-243461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-broad-pressure","tag-christian-galeno","tag-coverage","tag-editor","tag-gas-price","tag-gas-tax","tag-gas-price-panic","tag-infamous-gas-station","tag-iran","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-letter","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-price","tag-staff-writer-suhauna-hussain","tag-union-station","tag-voter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}