California added 63,000 jobs in August, 42% of U.S. total - LA Times: "California’s strongest industries were government, professional services and trade, transportation and utilities, which together recorded a net hiring gain of 51,300 positions.
Manufacturing, long the bulwark of California’s economy, shrank again in August as 3,400 net jobs were cut. Since the depths of the recession in 2009, the state’s manufacturers added jobs at a rate of 2.5%. The country as a whole has seen the sector grow twice as fast.
The loss of factory jobs is particularly harsh for the state’s poorer regions, such as the Inland Empire, that depend more on blue-collar jobs.
In San Bernardino and Riverside counties, unemployment stood above 6% in August. In Imperial County, unemployment reached 23% — the highest rate in the state. "
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