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A local news station reports that regular unleaded gasoline costs $7.59 per gallon, while premium gas costs $8.50 per gallon. A s prices for commodities continue to increase across the country, one California town is seeing gas prices above $7 per gallon. According to KFSN, the only gas station in the remote central coast town of Gorda boasts the nation's highest gas prices. The local news station reports that regular unleaded gasoline costs $7.59 per gallon, while premium gas costs $8.50 per gallon. This town has been home to the nation's highest gas prices for quite some time, and the...

James Willman seems to be a nice enough guy: polite, good-humored and hard-working, pumping gas seven days a week at the Amerigo Gas Station in the tiny Big Sur town of Gorda, about 35 miles north of Cambria. But at least once a day, Willman said, someone pulls in and starts cursing him. “They say all kinds of stuff—‘You ought to be shot,’ or ‘Where’s your mask?’ ” Willman said. “I’m like, ‘Hey, I just work here.’ ” The reason for consumer hostility is that the station is serving up what might be the costliest gas in the land. This...

James Willman seems to be a nice enough guy: polite, good-humored and hard-working, pumping gas seven days a week at the Amerigo Gas Station in the tiny Big Sur town of Gorda, about 35 miles north of Cambria. But at least once a day, Willman said, someone pulls in and starts cursing him. “They say all kinds of stuff—‘You ought to be shot,’ or ‘Where’s your mask?’ ” Willman said. “I’m like, ‘Hey, I just work here.’ ” The reason for consumer hostility is that the station is serving up what might be the costliest gas in the land. This...