In an effort to catch up on previous reports, the California Employment Development Department has released unemployment numbers for February.
Announced April 17, the unemployment rate for the Central Coast saw a shift in February, dropping from a 5.03% unemployment rate in January to a 4.8% in the most rate in the most recent report.
All three counties saw their unemployment rate decrease, including Santa Barbara County, which had the highest unemployment rate of the region with a 5.2.% in February, down from 5.5% in January…