The week in review: October 12–16
The week of October 12–16 on la.metrotrendlines.com, in 7 posts.
Monday, October 12 — California business applications, August 2026. Californians filed 50,293 new business applications in August 2026, up 25.9% from a year earlier.
Tuesday, October 13 — Los Angeles gas prices, August 2026. The Los Angeles-area average price of regular gasoline was $5.62 a gallon in August 2026, up 25.1% from a year earlier. After inflation the change is up 21.0% — a year-ago gallon cost $4.67 in today’s money.
Wednesday, October 14 — Los Angeles inflation against the country, September 2026. Los Angeles-metro prices were 3.7% higher than a year earlier in September 2026; nationally the figure was 3.7%. The gap is 0.0 points, with the country running hotter this month.
Thursday, October 15 — Building permits in Los Angeles, August 2026. Los Angeles’s open-data portal lists 5,557 building permits issued for August 2026, up 4.2% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 5,308 a month.
Thursday, October 15 — Passengers leaving LAX, April 2026. 2.88 million passengers boarded flights out of LAX in April 2026, down 3.9% from a year earlier. 876,432 of them were on international flights, down 7.9%.
Friday, October 16 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 10, 2026. California workers filed 40,515 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 10, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 37,166, down 10.0% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
Friday, October 16 — What a Los Angeles-area house is worth, September 2026. The typical Los Angeles-metro home was worth $950,020 in September 2026, up 1.3% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from October 12–16, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.