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CALIFORNIA GAS SHOCK: $8.21 A GALLON IN LOS ANGELESDrivers in downtown LA are staring at regular unleaded at $8.21 per gallon at a Food Mart station, while the statewide average hits $5.17 amid fresh U.S. strikes on Iran spiking global oil. Newsom's sky-high taxes, cap-and-trade fees, and green regulations already punish Californians with the nation's priciest pumps. One outlier station shows where this road leads if refinery closures and radical policies continue. Next stop: rationing like the 1970s? Thanks, Sacramento.