The unemployment rate in each of the tri-counties went up substantially in the month of January, according to the latest data provided by the California Employment Development Department.
As a whole, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast was 4.93%, up from 4.5% in December.
Released on March 14, the unemployment rate for Santa Barbara County jumped up 0.8% to sit at 5.4% in the month ofJanuary, the highest on the Central Coast…