Pictured is a Shell station charging $6.09 per gallon for regular gas in Azusa, California, on March 22. Gas prices in the state continue to spike even as the national average has been falling.
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Pictured is a Shell station charging $6.09 per gallon for regular gas in Azusa, California, on March 22. Gas prices in the state continue to spike even as the national average has been falling.
Mandatory Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock

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Here's why gas is $6 a gallon in California, even as prices fall elsewhere

For many drivers in California, the possibility of paying $6 a gallon for gas is no longer something to worry about down the road. It's already a reality.