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Job Growth In California Stymied

by Kelley Weiss, NPR
May 7, 2010

While the jobs market may be getting better in other parts of the country, California is not seeing any significant improvement. In March the state's unemployment rate peaked at 12.6 percent, a couple points above the national average. And some of the state's biggest industries are still hurting.

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