{"id":1044835,"date":"2026-09-05T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1044835\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:42:36","slug":"record-diesel-prices-could-impact-l-a-labor-day-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1044835\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Diesel Prices Could Impact L.A. Labor Day Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The average price for diesel going up to $5.85 for the first time ever as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world\u2019s flow of fuel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diesel prices in the United States have gone up and could vastly impact the price you pay this Labor Day weekend. The average price for diesel is up to $5.85 for the first time ever as the six-month war with Iran disrupts the world\u2019s flow of fuel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now for California, diesel is much higher. According to AAA, California\u2019s average price for regular gas is $5.80 per gallon, about the average for diesel nationwide, while diesel is reaching an average of $7.71 per gallon here in California. A year ago, the average gas price was $4.60.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Angeles is just above this average, with regular gas being $5.85 and diesel at $7.74 per gallon. Now, when it comes to traveling for Labor Day, you will want to look out for these prices and the worst times to travel. According to AAA, the worst times to travel are listed below.<\/p>\n<p>Worst times to travel<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday, September 4: 12 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, September 5: 1 p.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Monday, September 7: 2 p.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the rest of the nation is dealing with record prices, drivers in some states, such as Indiana, won\u2019t notice much of a difference from last year due to\u00a0gas tax holidays, which temporarily suspend taxes.<\/p>\n<p>What else will this impact<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Due to diesel being used for many freight and delivery networks, higher diesel prices mean higher transportation costs for a long list of everyday goods. And shoppers may see more and more sticker shock trickle down to store shelves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Independent Grocers Alliance, fuel accounts for 15% to 30% of the total cost for food. This results in higher costs for these items in stores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, the items in grocery stores that are already hurting many wallets are produce, meat and other perishable foods that need to be hauled in, restocked frequently, and harvested using diesel-powered farm equipment. In July, overall U.S. grocery prices were up 2.7% compared to last July, but seafood prices were up 7% and fresh fruit prices were up 4.9%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-2 has-lg-margin-top wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Experts say this could start impacting other items including clothing, cosmetics, furniture and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The average price for diesel going up to $5.85 for the first time ever as the six-month war&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1044836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,68822,9967,8164,49313,2961,79296,224,5337,1164],"class_list":["post-1044835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-diesel","tag-gas-prices","tag-groceries","tag-grocery-stores","tag-la","tag-labor-day-weekend","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-travel"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117218256236034500","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}