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For the first time since 1993, the unemployment rate hit 10.5 percent in Los Angeles County in January as thousands of workers lost jobs in nearly all occupations in the economic downturn. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The number of unemployed people in the county rose from 9.2 percent in December - a record jump, increasing from 456,000 in December to 521,000 in January.

"There are huge problems," said Stuart Waldman, president of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association. "I can't tell you how many people I know who don't have a job right now. Business is scared."