THE ECONOMY
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Jobless Rates Soar in San Joaquin Valley: Unemployment rates in the San Joaquin Valley soared to near-depression levels during November, according to statistics for California. Tulare County had the region’s highest unemployment at 19.3%. Merced County was close behind with 19% of its people out of work.
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