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California's Jobless Rate Dips... But It's Way Worse Than North Dakota's
Quick, what is California doing as well as Mississippi and Nevada but worse than all the other states? As you might have guessed from the headline of this post, the answer is "hire people." In February, the Golden State's jobless … Continue reading
California Jobless Rate Stalled at 9.8 Percent
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)—California's jobless rate stalled at 9.8 percent this winter, with only a few new jobs created in January. The state's Employment Development Department reported Tuesday that the unemployment rate remained unchanged in January and December November's jobless rate … Continue reading
Calif. Jobless Rate Steady, Bay Area Adds Jobs
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California's jobless rate stayed stuck at 9.8 percent in December, but Bay Area rates were much lower, according to a report from the Employment Development Department. Statewide unemployment dipped below 10 percent in November for the first time since the … Continue reading
Fiscal Cliff: Info on Expiring Unemployment Benefits For Californians
It is not looking particularly good in terms of resolving the fiscal-cliff tiff, at least before the entire country is caught in mid-air flapping its arms. As of this moment, here's the sitch, from AP: President Barack Obama says "the … Continue reading
Calif. Jobless Rate Drops Below 10%: Full County Data
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by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's jobless rate dipped below 10 percent last month for the first time since the recession began, the state announced Friday, signaling that the state's economy may have finally turned the … Continue reading
A.M. Splash: Jobless Benefits Threatened; Salmon Return to S. Joaquin; Big Rain Still in Forecast; MTC Building Price Soars
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Federal jobless benefits could vanish (SF Chronicle) Talk about a hard landing: About 2 million Americans, including 400,000 in California, will abruptly lose their unemployment benefits after December unless Congress votes to continue federal funding for extended benefits. This part … Continue reading
California Gets More Jobs
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We're still behind the rest of the country, but California added 45,800 non-farm jobs in October, according to the Employment Development Department. That brought down the state's unemployment rate to 10.1%, down from 10.2% in September. The rate for the … Continue reading
Good News for California From Jobs Report
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Healthy national employment gains are a good sign for California says Robert Kleinhenz, the chief economist of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation’s Kyser Center for Economic Research. But Kleinhenz cautions it could still take two to four years … Continue reading
Washington Gridlock Could Mean 100,000 Long-Term Unemployed in State Will Soon Lose Benefits
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(AP) About 1.1 million unemployed Californians will be affected if Congress and President Barack Obama fail to break their political deadlock before the end of the year, state officials said Wednesday. Some jobless residents will begin losing unemployment extensions as … Continue reading
What Does Unemployment Mean to You? Public Radio Listeners Respond...
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In conjunction with the beginning of the KQED Forum series In My Experience, KQED and PBS NewsHour asked its followers and fans on Twitter and Facebook on Nov. 4 to describe what unemployment means to them. Some answers below…
