Published on Friday, November 21, 2008
By Daily Bulletin Staff Writer
Region's unemployment rate rises to 9.5 percent for October
The unemployment rate in the San Bernardino-Riverside-Ontario area rose to 9.5 percent in October - almost double what it was in December 2006, according to a report released by the state Employment Development Department on Friday.
In September, it was 9.1 percent.
San Bernardino County's unemployment rate was 9 percent in October. Riverside County's was 10 percent.
Between October 2007 and October 2008, the region lost 22,300 nonfarm jobs - a 1.8 percent drop - while the agriculture industry added 300 jobs.
Environmental solutions focus of symposium in San Bernardino
Emerging technologies that turn waste to energy could one day render landfills obsolete, area experts said Wednesday at a symposium at the San Bernardino Community College District's Applied Technology Center in San Bernardino sponsored by the Green Institute for Village Empowerment
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