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For the past couple of months, James Foote’s part-time job helped him pay for college expenses as he waited for money promised to him from the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
With mounting job losses, the housing market collapse and dwindling consumer spending, San Luis Obispo County’s economy has not been spared the pain of one of the worst recessions in decades.
San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate fell to 9 percent in September, down from 9.5 percent in August, according to the latest report from the state’s Employment Development Department.
In mid-October, there were questions about the Atascadero High football team.