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Unemployment dips in the Tri-Counties

California Employment Development Department

New figures show significant jobless number drops in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Just released unemployment figures show major drops in the number of people out of work in the Tri-Counties.

Ventura County went from 4.6% unemployment in March to 4.2% in April.

Santa Barbara County showed an even bigger month to month drop, going from 5.1% to 4.2%.

And, San Luis Obispo County dipped from a 3.9% jobless rate in March to 3.5% in April.

Statewide, the latest numbers show unemployment holding steady at 5.3%

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.