Local unemployment has soared as trade levels plummeted.

California's unemployment rate hits 12.2% in August

Jobless plight growing longer
Millions remain out 6 months, presaging hard US recovery

Unemployment rate jumps to 26-year high

Lines of jobless growing longer

Mexio's Economy Taking Hits From All Directions

Las Vegas jobless rate hits all-time high of 13.1 percent

California unemployment hits post-World War II high

Job losses push mortgage delinquencies to a record

Commercial real estate gets worse

SNAPSHOTS OF THE RECESSION
Coastal resorts in Orange County struggle at height of travel season

Grim forecast for L.A. and Long Beach ports

About half of U.S. mortgages seen underwater by 2011

Federal tax revenues plummeting

Unemployment tops 10% in 15 states, D.C.

Nine Reasons the Economy is Not Getting Better

1.5 million homes in foreclosure

L.A. commercial real estate owners struggling, report says

In fundamental shift, consumers are saving rather than spending

Housing in peril as Obama fails to get breakthrough

Rising national debt may be the next economic crisis

U.S. unemployment rate hits 9.5%, a 26-year high

Personal bankruptcies surge

California unemployment rises to record 11.5% in May

Mortgage foreclosures heading through the roof