https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/11/10/bay-area-inflation-jumps-highest-rate-3-years-food-fuel-economy-covid/ > The cost of living in the Bay Area jumped during October, a forbidding new burden for the region’s feeble rebound from coronavirus-linked economic jolts, with food and fuel costs leading the charge to higher prices. > The annual inflation rate reached 3.8% in October in the Bay Area compared to the same month the year before.