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    On the Orange County coast, voters fume about gas prices but fear for climate's future

    by Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times Oct 05, 2022 6 minutes
    Dana Point resident Fahim Fazli, with his dog Baba, says he is undecided about how he will vote in November.

    SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. — When Amy Sibley heads to the Costco here from her home in nearby San Clemente, her best friend, Lisa Miller, tags along — to save gas money.

    "I hitch a ride with her," said Miller, 58, an unemployed business consultant, as the temperature in the black-tar parking lot topped 100 degrees. "If I put gas in my car, I can only put in five or six gallons at a time. It hurts when you have the minimum coming in and a lot of obligations. There's only so much you can do — pay the bills or get in the car and drive around."

    Miller is a Republican who voted for Donald Trump in the last presidential election; Sibley is a Democrat who voted for Joe Biden. Both say the cost of gas — and groceries and other goods — is top of mind as they decide how to vote in the November midterm election that will determine control of Congress.

    "It's not about one side or the other," said Sibley, 54. "It's about what's

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