u. s. department of labor boot up 7 and a half percent. peanut butter is actually something joe mansion put out on his liter of 15 and a half percent gas, 40 percent electricity, 10.7 percent cars, 40 percent. so we have a surge, and a lot of these numbers in basic staples that, that people are interacting with. now, wealthy people can get by, but a lot of other people are going to be, you know, in, you know, struggling with all of this. can you give our readers and understanding of what happened between last year and this year that has sent this, this, these prices surging to levels that we're seeing? yes, steve, we're, we're really seeing inflation. at 1st. people thought it was a few specific things. oh, this is what's happening in cars. you know, this is what's happening with the price of something else. but as 2021 went on, those price increases broadened out and started as you just showed in that chart affecting everything. i'm an economist, so for me, everything is supply and demand. it's not supply or demand. in this case, the supply can't fully react. in part because of coven, w

u. s department of labor and statistics, curious, though, because it was forever last summer, up and up. i believe so. is that data still relevant today? that's the first question and second question is whether or not these companies that keep pushing back the return to work day do you think they'll eventually just abandoned it altogether and just stay in a hybrid? hybrid mode or permanent state home mode. so right now, these remote policies are still extremely contentious within companies. it's you know , it's many employers are struggling to figure out what to do and you know what the market is going to tell them what to do in our surveys about 55 to 60% of job seekers say they would prefer to find a remote job, 20% say they're only looking for remote opportunities right now. that means that companies that requiring people to come back to the office five days a week are going to lose their best and brightest to compel. features that allow more flexibility around remote and hybrid work. and what we'll see happening in companies is that they're going to make exceptions for the best and

u. s labor department on friday came as a huge surprise. even to the experts. there is even some expectation that the job report would show job losses. labor lawyer michael bernick of the duane morris law firm is a former e d d director, and it showed revision of the numbers in december of an additional 300,000 plus jobs. he sees this as a major turn. built up such e structure of work now. that even with the shutdowns, people keep working. there are still well over 10 million jobs open with millions of people quitting their current jobs. part of it is the confidence of other words, seeing that there are a lot of jobs out there that they see something better. um they're moving on. and part of it is that employers have this large number of job openings and because california's actual workforce still remains well below pre pandemic levels. and with so many people still on the sidelines that suggests a lot more hiring is likely coming. we're in a very strong tight labor market. where employers can't find enough work person. employers are confident enough to continue to hire the same time we have this very high inflation rate. that's um, wiping out a lot of the worker g

u. s labor department on friday came as a huge surprise. even to the experts. there is even some expectation that the job report, which showed job losses. labor lawyer michael bernick ofduane morris law firm is a former e d d director, and it showed revision of the numbers in december of an additional 300,000 plus jobs. he sees this as a major turn. in working. we've built up such a remote structure of work now. that even with the shutdowns, people keep working. there are still well over 10 million jobs open with millions of people quitting their current jobs. part of it is the confidence um , um, workers, in other words, seeing that there are a lot of jobs out there that they see something better. um they're moving on. and part of it is that employers have this large number of job openings and because california's actual workforce still remains well below pre pandemic levels. and with so many people still on the sidelines that suggests a lot more hiring is likely coming where i'm strong, tight labor market. where employers can't find enough work person. employers are confident enough to continue to hire the same time. we have this very high inflation rate. that's um,

of the labors union reported corruption to city officials going back to 2018. union members say after the city ignored their concerns. while they then took the evidence to the u. s departmentsuit says that union members then faced wide ranging retaliation. they claim the dpw even denied bathroom facilities for street cleaners. once the pandemic it we read what? we sent numerous requests. i mean, i begged everybody in the city to give the workers a bathroom, but they haven't done it. former public works director mohamed naru pleaded guilty last month in the corruption case that hit city hall. he was accused of participating in a long running scheme that involved multiple bribes and kickbacks. sentencing is scheduled for may. 26th. in the south bay a growing problem on the nasa ames campuses, forcing state and local agencies to join forces. ktvu jesse gary tells us the problem is a group of at least 30 wild turkeys is affecting operations at that research site. of all the secrets the head scratchers kept on the secure grounds of the nasa ames campus. this is hard to figure even for rocket scientists, not aliens, but an unwanted and uninvited guest now claims part of this spa