North Bay Business Journal

Unemployment rates across the North Coast continued to fall, with every county improving its jobless rate over both the last month and over the year, according to figures released by the Economic Development Department.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay in March dropped several percentage points, and Sonoma County had its best year-over-year job growth in 12 years, according to state figures released this morning.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay dropped in February, in some counties by more than a full percentage point, as the January holiday lull in hiring gave way to positive growth in a number of industries, according to preliminary state figures released Friday.

Five of the six North Bay counties added 13,900 jobs over 12 months.

Unemployment rates in the six North Bay counties edged upward or remained unchanged in November, according to state figures, as lower employment in farming and processing winegrapes after the harvest helped offset hiring in retail for the holidays.

Despite the dip in farming employment, Sonoma County continued to have among the fastest annual job growth in the state last month.

Unemployment rates in the six North Bay counties edged upward or remained unchanged in November, according to state figures released this morning, as lower employment in farming and processing winegrapes after the harvest helped offset hiring in retail for the holidays.

Despite the dip in farming employment, Sonoma County continued to have among the fastest annual job growth in the state last month.

NORTH BAY — While the overall North Bay unemployment rate remains relatively high — like much of the state — a handful of sectors are seeing growth and helping reduce the amount of joblessness claims across the region.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay dropped slightly in September, with markedly better estimates for each of the six counties than a year before and slight improvements over the month, according to state figures released this morning.

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits dipped slightly across the North Bay in August from July, with several industries seeing increased hiring activity, according to figures released this morning by the state Economic Development Department.

NORTH BAY — Unemployment rates across the North Bay either dropped slightly or remained the same in July from the month before, as most counties saw yearly job growth in a number of industries, according to figures from the state Economic Development Department.

Unemployment rates in June increased in Sonoma, Solano, Marin and Napa counties from May and remained the same in Mendocino and Lake Counties, but the number of jobs in the region continued to rise, both from the month before and the previous June, according to state figures released today.

Employment in making durable goods such as electronics and nondurable goods such as wine and food in Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Marin, Mendocino and Lake counties has been climbing out of a slump for most of the past eight years, according to analysis of the latest state job figures.

NORTH BAY — Unemployment rates across the North Bay remained high in February and were barely changed from January, but all six counties had considerably lower rates than a year before, according to state figures released this morning.

[Updated Dec. 20] Unemployment rates in the North Bay either dropped slightly or rose incrementally in November, reaching the lowest rates in the past two years but remaining at high levels, according to figures released by the Employment Development Department.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay dropped slightly in October, with some counties posting job gains and others essentially flat, according to figures released this morning by the California Employment Development Department.

Unemployment rates across the North Bay edged downward in September, as the school year and harvest season spurred job growth in some counties while professional services grew in others, according to the state Employment Development Department.

NORTH BAY — Unemployment rates in April dropped all across the North Bay, led by a significant uptick in leisure and hospitality hiring, while Sonoma County continued to post yearly increases in jobs, according to figures released this morning by the state Employment Development Department.

NORTH BAY — Unemployment rates across the North Bay either remained flat at high levels or inched upward in March, but Sonoma County continued a four-month stretch of substantial year-over-year job growth, reaching 5,000 net new jobs last month, according to state estimates released today.

NORTH BAY – As a means of assisting the many job seekers across California, the Employment Development Department last month released data on industry-specific job posts throughout counties, including the cities and occupations with the most help wanted ads.

WinCup, 42 years in Corte Madera, will shut its doors by late June. The maker of Styrofoam cups is consolidating its western region manufacturing operations, according to local WinCup human resources director Jonathan Pardini.

SONOMA COUNTY — A diverse assembly of North Bay work force, education, business and nonprofit leaders called the GREEN council was recently approved for a $1 million grant that will be used to launch a region-wide clean-energy job program. The Green Regional Education & Employment in the North Bay council, previously called Generating Renewable Energy [...]