Looking for work

Rosalyn Sanders, 52, of San Bernardino, is one of many Inland Empire residents trying to find a job in the midst of a recession.

The state Economic Development Department is set to release new unemployment numbers Friday. A colleague of mine, Matt Wrye, says there's a chance the statistics could reveal that unemployment in the San Bernardino area could exceed 10 percent.

Things are messed up right now.

Sanders went to the state EDD's office in Rancho Cucamonga to meet recruiters who were interested in hiring employees to work at a new warehouse for a well-known shoe company in Ontario. Despite the economic slowdown, the company is looking to hire about 100 new workers this year.

Unemployment hit Sanders in October when she lost her job at a warehouse where Mervyn's stored merchandise. Mervyn's went kaput and Sanders lost her job has not given up her attempts to get a new one.

"Something's got to come forward for me, don't you think?," she asked.