After years of controversy and delays, the wheels are back in motion for a dedicated bus rapid transit system between North Hollywood and Pasadena that would be the first-ever.
enough for those traveling over the holidays, seeing major sticker shock. fuel prices up 58%, hotel rates up more than 25%, car rental rates rising 37%. realistically, i think this goes on for another year. by november of next year, i really do expect that most of this would have worn itself out. reporter: back at the tallyrand restaurant, the financial news is hard to digest. you re kind of like a deer in the headlines, where is this going to turn? when is it going to get better and settle down and get stable again? and we re trying to hold on and we just don t see the end yet. reporter: and there s another sneaky type of inflation we re seeing a lot more of these days. it s called drip pricing, and that s where companies add fees and surcharges to the bill so they can still advertise a lower price and maybe not scare away customers with sticker shock. norah. o donnell: that s the first time i heard of that. now to the supreme court ruling
reporter: at tallyrand restaurant in burbank, california, owner karen ross says the cost of just about everything is climbing. we ve seen our beef prices go up 50%. reporter: 50%, 5-0. shocking. reporter: it s a result of surging demand from americans with money to spend, combined with lingering supply chain issues, ships stuck at ports, and a shortage of truck drivers to deliver the goods. that s led to the worst inflation in nearly four decades. it had pretty much been kept in check since the last major surns in 19 eight peupon but now the wallop to the wattle is pronounced in basic needs energy prices up in the last year. and beef rose up more than 26%. and chicken and seafood up nearly 11%. today, the president pleaded for patience. it s a real bump in the road, and i think you ll see it change sooner quicker and more rapidly than most people think. reporter: perhaps not fast
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Intensive care unit bed capacity continues to diminish quickly in Los Angeles County, even as the county continues to reach new daily highs in coronavirus infections. The new one-day case total for Thursday stands at a staggering 12,741, while ICU availability fell to 7.7 percent nearly 50 percent below the threshold set by California’s statewide Department of Public Health that led to the current stay-at-home order and regional shutdown of things like on-site outdoor dining.
Per the
Los Angeles Times, LA County is seeing double the number of “daily coronavirus cases than it saw on Nov. 30, and quadruple its daily coronavirus cases since mid-November. Cumulatively, L.A. County has tallied 488,519 coronavirus cases and 8,151 COVID-19 deaths.”