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California's up-and-down economic recovery took another turn for the worse in May as employers shed a net 29,200 jobs from payrolls, a surprisingly large loss following the healthy gains seen earlier this year. Some of the losses are probably tied to a slowdown in trade with Japan, which is still recovering from a devastating tsunami, and from rising gas prices and other costs that have led employers to put the brakes on hiring, economists said. "I see Japan written all over this report," said Esmael Adibi, an economist at Chapman University . Cargo passing through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach rose just 1% in May, the same month in which employers eliminated 3,600 positions in trade, transportation and utilities.

California's up-and-down economic recovery took another turn for the worse in May as employers shed a net 29,200 jobs from payrolls, a surprisingly large loss following the healthy gains seen earlier this year. Some of the losses are probably tied to a slowdown in trade with Japan, which is still recovering from a devastating tsunami, and from rising gas prices and other costs that have led employers to put the brakes on hiring, economists said. "I see Japan written all over this report," said Esmael Adibi, an economist at Chapman University . Cargo passing through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach rose just 1% in May, the same month in which employers eliminated 3,600 positions in trade, transportation and utilities.

The Oxnard Job Service Office of the California Employment Development Department (EDD) has reopened after the tragic shooting incident on Dec. 2, in which five persons, including the gunman, were killed and another four wounded. The employees of EDD have expressed to me their appreciation for the kindness and caring that local citizens and organizations have extended to our staff. Your consideration has helped us to cope with a traumatic situation and its aftermath. Please be assured that the safety of our employees and all EDD customers is foremost in our concern, and the department is taking steps to provide a safe environment for all who make use of EDD facilities.

California's labor market stagnated in June as temporary federal census workers lost their jobs and about 400,000 out-of-work people exhausted their unemployment benefits. Although the monthly, seasonably adjusted unemployment rate crept down a tenth of a percentage point to 12.3%, the economy lost 27,600 jobs, according to the California Employment Development Department. The state's unemployment rate was 11.6% in June 2009. Nationally, it hit 9.5% last month. Analysts were not encouraged by the decline in the unemployment rate.

I was an EDD (Employment Development Department) employee for 8 1/2 years and left the department in 1984 because of the same working conditions outlined in the article. Louis Zuniga may have had problems with his employees, but the conditions in Garden Grove are the norm in all EDD offices. They are all time bombs waiting to explode, McDonald's massacres waiting to happen. In EDD, advancement depends on one thing: production standards. This is being done at enormous cost to the health and welfare of all employees and is endangering their very lives and the lives of the public as well.

Re "Just What the EdD Should Not Be Ordering," Valley Perspective, March 11. William Chitwood's well-written commentary suggests that we don't need EdDs. He suggests that more EdDs won't help children learn to read and write. I beg to differ. I think that Chancellor [Charles B.] Reed's initiative to establish EdD programs at some Cal State University campuses is a step in the right direction to improve K-12 education. The CSU, because it presently has no EdD programs, will design pioneering new programs that could be revolutionarily different from existing programs.

I would like to comment on the terrible state of the Employment Development Department. I am unemployed and, as such, I not only lost my job but my dignity as well. Since I became unemployed I have been receiving assistance through the EDD. I have been able to get a part-time job, only four hours a week, and every time I work I declare those hours. By doing this, my check gets smaller every time. Now I received a threatening letter telling me that I was overpaid and that I must return the money with a 30% penalty.

Several months after an employee threatened to kill him--and more than three years before another actually did--Louis Zuniga, manager of the state Employment Development Department (EDD) office in East Los Angeles, was transferred to his last assignment, in Garden Grove. Zuniga, who carried with him the reputation of a man disliked and feared, wasted no time in living up to his image.

California is moving quickly to pump $415 million in federal stimulus money into upgrading job training and placement services at employment centers around the state, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday. A key legislator praised Schwarzenegger for taking advantage of the Obama administration's largess and making sure that it flows as rapidly as possible into communities that have been hard hit by the recession.

About 1,000 people lined up for jobs Monday on the first day of hiring at the North County Fair regional shopping mall, but perhaps none was less typical than Jim Pohl. Most of the job hopefuls were college age; Pohl is 66 years old. Most of the job applicants were part-time students or were working part-time or full-time elsewhere.

Money always talks Re "Decision near on tab for Jackson service," Dec. 6 Once again, private campaign contributions influence public policy, as the City Council may not push Anschutz Entertainment Group to defray the public cost of the Michael Jackson memorial service. I take issue with Councilwoman Jan Perry's claim that it's a "stupid way to think" that AEG owns Los Angeles. I think it would be stupid to assume AEG gets no payback for its huge donations to city politicians.

California is moving quickly to pump $415 million in federal stimulus money into upgrading job training and placement services at employment centers around the state, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday. A key legislator praised Schwarzenegger for taking advantage of the Obama administration's largess and making sure that it flows as rapidly as possible into communities that have been hard hit by the recession.

Re "Just What the EdD Should Not Be Ordering," Valley Perspective, March 11. William Chitwood's well-written commentary suggests that we don't need EdDs. He suggests that more EdDs won't help children learn to read and write. I beg to differ. I think that Chancellor [Charles B.] Reed's initiative to establish EdD programs at some Cal State University campuses is a step in the right direction to improve K-12 education. The CSU, because it presently has no EdD programs, will design pioneering new programs that could be revolutionarily different from existing programs.

"He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches," goes the hoary adage of G. Bernard Shaw. Yet were the Irish-English writer around to ponder the disconnect between teacher training programs and the stark realities of our public schools, he might augment his dictum accordingly: "And those who prefer neither doing nor teaching should get a doctorate in education." That appears to be the message telegraphed by Cal State University Chancellor Charles B.

Raymond Edde, 87, a Lebanese politician who spent 24 years in self-imposed exile in Paris after surviving three assassination attempts in his homeland. A Maronite Christian, Edde was a moderate who advocated coexistence with other political and religious groups in Lebanon. He represented the Byblos district north of Beirut in the Lebanese parliament from 1953 to 1976, except for a one-year absence in 1964.

I would like to comment on the terrible state of the Employment Development Department. I am unemployed and, as such, I not only lost my job but my dignity as well. Since I became unemployed I have been receiving assistance through the EDD. I have been able to get a part-time job, only four hours a week, and every time I work I declare those hours. By doing this, my check gets smaller every time. Now I received a threatening letter telling me that I was overpaid and that I must return the money with a 30% penalty.

Money always talks Re "Decision near on tab for Jackson service," Dec. 6 Once again, private campaign contributions influence public policy, as the City Council may not push Anschutz Entertainment Group to defray the public cost of the Michael Jackson memorial service. I take issue with Councilwoman Jan Perry's claim that it's a "stupid way to think" that AEG owns Los Angeles. I think it would be stupid to assume AEG gets no payback for its huge donations to city politicians.

The payday loan industry has found a new and lucrative source of business: the unemployed. Payday lenders, which typically provide workers with cash advances on their paychecks, are offering the same service to those covered by unemployment insurance. No job? No problem. A typical unemployed Californian receiving $300 a week in benefits can walk into one of hundreds of storefront operations statewide and walk out with $255 well before that government check arrives -- for a $45 fee. Annualized, that's an interest rate of 459%.

The family of a man who was killed during a murderous shooting spree at an Oxnard unemployment office refiled a lawsuit against the state of California on Tuesday, alleging that poor security there contributed to his death. The family of Richard Bateman Sr. sued the California Employment Development Department in April--more than two years after Alan Winterbourne's 1993 rampage. But Ventura County Superior Court Judge Barbara A.

The Oxnard Job Service Office of the California Employment Development Department (EDD) has reopened after the tragic shooting incident on Dec. 2, in which five persons, including the gunman, were killed and another four wounded. The employees of EDD have expressed to me their appreciation for the kindness and caring that local citizens and organizations have extended to our staff. Your consideration has helped us to cope with a traumatic situation and its aftermath. Please be assured that the safety of our employees and all EDD customers is foremost in our concern, and the department is taking steps to provide a safe environment for all who make use of EDD facilities.