◼ California's unemployment rate ticked up a notch in August, to 12.1% from 12% the month before, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers shed 8,400 jobs from payrolls. - LA Times
California has the second-highest unemployment rate in the nation, after Nevada, where 13.4% of the people in the labor force are out of work.
◼ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
