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Sohn said the Central Valley and Inland Empire, which have suffered some of the worst foreclosure rates in the nation, are dragging down the rest of the state. Coastal California is rebounding well, he said, and the comeback in Asia's economy is helping California's major ports.

The report indicated economic outlooks do not look good and Bockman and Sirotnik agreed based on the reactions of purchasing managers.

The report indicated economic outlooks do not look good and Bockman and Sirotnik agreed based on the reactions of purchasing managers.

The jobless rate in Riverside County was 15.1 percent in January, up from 14.3 percent the previous month, new figures show. About 137,600 people are unemployed in Riverside County, according to the California Employment Development Department. Riverside County's jobless figure was in line with the 15 percent unemployment rate that the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan statistical area reported, state officials said. San Bernardino County's unemployment rate was 14.8 percent in January, up from 13.6 percent in December, the monthly labor report showed. In the Coachella Valley, unemployment rates for cities ranged from a low of 5.4 percent in Indian Wells to 29 percent in Mecca. In January, California's unemployment rate was 13.2 percent, compared with 10.6 percent for the nation, EDD reported. Read more tomorrow in The Desert Sun.