2021-05-16 08:35:59 GMT2021-05-16 16:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Julia Pierrepont III, Huang Heng
LOS ANGELES, May 16 (Xinhua) -- In Los Angeles County, the most populous U.S. county, a 21-day streak of increases to the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline just ended Saturday when it dropped to 4.17 U.S. dollars. But at some gas stations in downtown, a gallon of gasoline still can cost up to 6 dollars.
The spike in gas prices has drawn concerns of local residents.
"These prices are very bad for low-wage workers who must drive to work," Yvonne Gonzales, a low-income household cleaner living in Los Angeles County's San Fernando Valley, told Xinhua. "It's too much money. How do we get by?"