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California Unemployment Rate Inches Higher

The state’s unemployment rate is well above the nation’s rate, which decreased to 9.4% in December.

KCBS–2011/01/21

California Unemployment Rate Stuck At 12.4 Percent

California’s unemployment rate stayed put last month, remaining at 12.4 percent after creeping up a tenth of a percentage point between July and August.

KCBS–2010/10/22

California State Capitol in Sacramento (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California Poverty Rate Highest In 11 Years

The state’s poverty rate in 2009 was the highest in 11 years, according to a nonpartisan public policy research group.

CBS San Francisco–2010/09/19

CA Unemployment Rises Slightly Despite Improvement in Bay Area

KCBS Mike Colgan Reporting The state unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percent to 12.4 percent in August, even as the jobless rate in the Bay Area inched down. KCBS reporter Mike Colgan says the […]

KCBS–2010/09/17

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