County's Unemployment Rate Dips

RIVERSIDE - Payroll gains in all but a couple of sectors pushed Riverside County's unemployment rate down last month, state officials reported today.

The county's non-seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in August, based on preliminary estimates, was 12.7 percent, compared to 13 percent in July, according to the California Employment Development Department.

The rate was almost two percentage points below the level of a year ago, when unemployment stood at 14.3 percent.

Riverside County's civilian labor force numbered 943,300 people, with 119,900 out of work, according to figures.

The city of Cabaz...