LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Drivers are paying more at the pump amid the war in Iran. In Los Angeles County, gas has hit $6 a gallon on average, according to AAA.<\/p>\n
AAA also says the average price of gas in California is up nearly a dollar from last year.<\/p>\n
In San Pedro, nursing student Samantha Hernandez is paying more than $6 a gallon.<\/p>\n
“I’m trying to stay positive about it, but it does hurt my pocket,” she said.<\/p>\n
Hernandez is cutting corners. She’s stopped filling up her tank, she carpools and eliminated road trips.<\/p>\n
“I have groceries. I have nephews and nieces who I’m going to get stuff for Easter, and Easter is just like Christmas,” she said.<\/p>\n
Auto shops are strained, too. Jorge Chavez runs Llama Auto Repair where he said a quart of motor oil has gone up $6 – prices he’s had to pass down to his customers.<\/p>\n
“I have low-income customers, retired people, they are people who are not working anymore,” Chavez said. “I believe the (Trump administration) needs to do something.”<\/p>\n
The rising costs come just as President Donald Trump marks the anniversary of his sweeping tariffs across the global market. His administration called it Liberation Day.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Southern California Reps. Nanette Barragan and Norma Torres held a press conference outside a gas station in San Pedro where they criticized the administration.<\/p>\n
“I have heard no proposals to put more money in the pockets of Americans,” Barragan said.<\/p>\n
Torres said Trump hasn’t “done anything to alleviate the hurt for workers or for our community.”<\/p>\n
The White House released a statement saying the U.S. economy is more resilient and competitive than a year ago.<\/p>\n
“The results since Liberation Day have been astonishing: over 20 new trade deals, trillions in manufacturing investments, lower drug prices, and lower goods trade deficits,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said in the statement.<\/p>\n
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