Gas stations across America are hitting the upper limit of their digital price displays, which can only show up to $9.999 per gallon, as fuel prices continue to rise in California. According to Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, five California stations have reached this maximum price point. The data comes from GasBuddy, though specific locations of the stations were not revealed in De Haan’s report. A screenshot of the reported prices was shared, but the exact cities remain unknown. California has seen a significant increase in fuel prices. As of September 9, the average diesel price in the state was $7.76 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This marks a 55-cent increase from the previous week and a $2.81 rise compared to the same time last year. On a national level, the average diesel price reached a record high of $5.87 per gallon, surpassing the previous record of $5.81 from June 2022. The EIA noted that national diesel prices rose 3.7 cents from the previous week and $1.97 from the same time last year. Individual gas stations in California have also reported extremely high prices. In Fenner, California, regular gasoline was priced at $9.69 per gallon, according to CBS 12 News. Earlier this year, a Chevron station in downtown Los Angeles was charging $8.89 per gallon for diesel and $8.29 for regular gasoline. In response to these high prices, regulators in California have reportedly launched an investigation into extreme fuel pricing in the San Bernardino and Los Angeles areas, though no specific cases have been confirmed yet. President Donald Trump has been closely linked to the current fuel price situation, as his involvement in the U.S. war in Iran has contributed to rising oil prices. Trump has stated that oil prices are unlikely to fall until after the midterm elections, predicting that prices will drop afterward and that gasoline could fall below $2 per gallon. He has consistently claimed that gas prices will decrease once the war ends, a belief he expressed early this year after joining Israel in striking Iran. In June, Trump criticized the pace of the price drop, calling for faster reductions on his social media platform, Truth Social. In an effort to lower U.S. gas prices ahead of the midterms, Trump has authorized the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a large emergency stockpile of crude oil. Earlier this year, the president approved the release of 172 million barrels from the reserve. Last week, the reserve dropped by approximately 1.2 million barrels, bringing its total to 285.4 million barrels, according to the Department of Energy. Despite these efforts, gas prices remain high with no immediate signs of decline.