Unemployment Archive

  •   Unemployment dropped sharply in Orange County in April, including in Garden Grove, Stanton and Westminster. According to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Employment Development, joblessness in...

    Joblessness plunging in OC, GG area

      Unemployment dropped sharply in Orange County in April, including in Garden Grove, Stanton and Westminster. According to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Employment Development, joblessness in...

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  • After rising in January, unemployment in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area showed a sharp drop in February. According to the latest figures released by the state Department of Employment Development, joblessness...

    Joblessness in GG area declines

    After rising in January, unemployment in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area showed a sharp drop in February. According to the latest figures released by the state Department of Employment Development, joblessness...

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  • While the national economy is showing increasing signs of growth, the direction of employment in Orange County headed the opposite direction in January, according to the latest figures from the...

    Jobless rates up in Garden Grove area

    While the national economy is showing increasing signs of growth, the direction of employment in Orange County headed the opposite direction in January, according to the latest figures from the...

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  • Jobless rates in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area are continuing to fall, according to the latest report from the state Employment Development Department. Figures released Friday showed that overall, unemployment in...

    Jobless rates still dropping in GG area

    Jobless rates in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area are continuing to fall, according to the latest report from the state Employment Development Department. Figures released Friday showed that overall, unemployment in...

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  • Unemployment dropped a couple of notches in November in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area, reversing an uptick in October, according to the state Department of Employment Development. Across Orange County, joblessness...

    OC jobless rate is still falling

    Unemployment dropped a couple of notches in November in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area, reversing an uptick in October, according to the state Department of Employment Development. Across Orange County, joblessness...

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  • Unemployment rates ticked upward in October in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area after several months of declines, according to the state Department of Employment Development. Across Orange County, unemployment increased from...

    Jobless rates tick up in GG area

    Unemployment rates ticked upward in October in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area after several months of declines, according to the state Department of Employment Development. Across Orange County, unemployment increased from...

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  • By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Unemployment fell sharply in Orange County in September, and especially so in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area. According to a report issued by the state Department...

    Joblessness tumbling in GG area

    By Jim Tortolano/Garden Grove Journal Unemployment fell sharply in Orange County in September, and especially so in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area. According to a report issued by the state Department...

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  • This month’s report of unemployment carried good news for Orange County in general and the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area in particular. Statistics released by the state Employment Development Department showed that...

    Jobless dropping in OC, GG area

    This month’s report of unemployment carried good news for Orange County in general and the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area in particular. Statistics released by the state Employment Development Department showed that...

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  • The good news is that the bad news isn’t getting any worse. Joblessness in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area, and Orange County in general, stayed pretty level in July, according to...

    Some good news in jobless numbers

    The good news is that the bad news isn’t getting any worse. Joblessness in the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area, and Orange County in general, stayed pretty level in July, according to...

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  • Cuts in government payrolls are fueling, in part, rising unemployment rates in Orange County, including the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area. According to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department,...

    Govt. cutbacks help fuel jobless rate hike

    Cuts in government payrolls are fueling, in part, rising unemployment rates in Orange County, including the Garden Grove-Stanton-Westminster area. According to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department,...

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