County’s jobless rate jumps to 10.9 percent

Kings County's unemployment rate in October catapulted nearly 3 percent higher than a year ago, according to a state agency. The county's jobless rate skyrocketed to 10.9 percent, a sharp uptick from last year's 8 percent, the state's employment development department announced on Friday. That makes Kings County's with among the state's highest jobless rates, following the lead of many other rural counties, many of which are in the Central Valley.