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Southern California Labor Markets Hold Their Ground in April as Orange County Tightens to 3.7% and Imperial Lags at 16.5%
Southern California’s largest job centers stayed remarkably steady in April 2026, with Orange County tightening to a 3.7 percent jobless rate and Los...
Orange County Claims California’s Lowest Big-County Unemployment Rate, but Economy Beneath Headline Is More Complicated
At 4.1 percent, Orange County’s jobless rate beats every other major California metro. Yet construction is contracting faster here than anywhere else in...
San Diego Sheds 16,000 Jobs in January, but a Healthcare Boom and Hospitality Gains Underpin a Shifting Labor Market
A county long defined by its military payroll is watching the private sector — healthcare above all — rewrite the employment script, even...
Post-Holiday Retrenchment Drives Los Angeles County Payrolls Down by 58,500 in January
Despite steep monthly losses driven by seasonal cutbacks, year-over gains in healthcare and hospitality point to underlying resilience in the nation’s second-largest metro...
Another California State Agency Implements Tighter Restrictions on Remote Work Policies
In recent developments impacting state employees in California, particularly those working under the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), a draft memo...
California State Workers Face Return-to-Office Mandate Amid Budget and Policy Shifts
California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) is calling its civil servants back to the office, aligning with a broader trend among state agencies. EDD...
