San Francisco to Suck in 2009: Unemployment Rate by the Numbers

In some more grim news, California's unemployment rate skyrocketed from 7.7 percent in September to 8.2 percent in October. The numbers go like this: the state of California's unemployment numbers are up by 95,000 over the last month (and up by 487,000 compared with October of 2008.) While this is affecting mainly construction and finance jobs, all sectors and any type of employee is taking a hit. A man in line at the Employment Development Department at Franklin and Turk Streets said, "When you're 55 and you're struggling... If I don't make my payments I could lose my house and be out here on the street. I'm one step from that." Sigh. (KCBS)