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Unemployment in Or-ange County sank to 5percent in April, the low-est rate since May 2008.

That seasonally unad-justed rate was downfrom a revised 5.8 per-cent in March 2014, and5.9 percent in April 2013.The sharp drop was dri-ven in part by job growthin areas such as leisure,professional services andconstruction. It also re-flected a continued exo-dus of people from thework force.

California’s unemploy-ment rate decreased to

7.8 percent in April, down from 8.1 per-cent in March and 9.1percent in April 2013– all seasonally adjusted. State employershave added 340,200 jobs since April 2013,an increase of 2.3 percent, up slightly

Joblessrate drops

to 5% O.C. unemployment islowest since May 2008.

State figure down to 7.8 %.

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MARNIUSHEROFF

STAFFWRITER

September has come early in2014.

That’s the month when the fireseason usually begins in SouthernCalifornia, a tinderbox of high tem-peratures, Santa Ana winds andpost-summer aridity.

But, this year, May is September. This week, triple-digit temper-

atures, strong Santa Ana windsand drought conspired to create

conditions that led to nearly a dozenmajor fires from San Diego throughLos Angeles counties.

And while a shift in air flowshould bring a break in comingdays, the prospects for the summerare sobering: at least four months offire conditions that figure to look alot like what we saw this week.

For those areas that manage to

BRUCE CHAMBERS, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A Marines helicopter hauls a bucket of seawater suspended underneath while fighting one of the fires that erupted at CampPendleton, close to San Onofre State Beach. Conditions that typically bring fire danger in late summer have arrived early.

SMOKIN’ HOTSUMMER AHEAD

SMOKE WARNINGSYou could taste it, you couldsmell it, you could see it. Thefine particles we inhale canworsen symptoms for asth-matics and anybody withheart disease or chronic lungdisease. The region’s smogagency put out an advisoryFriday warning people withthese conditions to avoidvigorous outdoor exercise.

WASHINGTON ● San Clemente officialslearned Friday that they are a big stepcloser to landing the millions of federaldollars – and tons of fresh sand – neededto widen and spruce up the city’s erodingbeaches and to protect the shoreline nearthe critical coastal railroad corridor.

Under a water infrastructure bill ex-pected to win congressional approvalnext week, the city would be eligible for$51 million in funding deemed essentialfor the beach replenishment project.State and local officials will need to matchthose funds to pay for the project’s even-tual $99 million cost over 50 years.

Funding couldrefill sands ofSan Clemente

A $51 million beachrenewal plan is includedin a water resources bill.

BY ELIZABETH HELD

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SEE SAND ● PAGE 23Want to be in-spired? SearchYouTube and lis-ten to the com-mencementspeeches ofSteve Jobs orOprah Winfreyor Stephen Col-bert or Ellen De-Generes.

They’ll tell you how to rise,how to fall, how to seize the mo-ment and how to treat life likeit’s one big Mardi Gras (thanks,

Ellen!) And if you want one of those

hot commencement speakers atyour school next year, you’d bet-ter start now. You still might nothave enough time.

“If we were doing a very pop-ular, nationally important orotherwise ‘hot’ speaker, we’dhave to plan at least one, prefer-ably two or more, years in ad-vance,” said Susanna Branch,manager of academic events at

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ELLEN DEGENERESTulane University, 2009“Life is like one big MardiGras. But instead of showingyour boobs, show people yourbrain. If they like what theysee, you'll have more beadsthan you know what to dowith. And you'll be drunk mostof the time.”

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Q&A WITHTIM MCGRAWHe sings. He acts. Heblurs genres. TimMcGraw talks withthe Register aboutlife as a multiple-threat star. SHOW 1

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COOLING TRENDThe record-breaking tripledigits of the past week easeback into the mid- to high 80stoday for inland Orange Coun-ty, and mid-70s on the coast,as low pressure replaces thehigh pressure and morningclouds and fog return. ● On Sunday it’s 77 to 82inland, Monday 72 to 77,Tuesday 68 to 73; we mighteven see some patchy drizzleMonday night and Tuesdaymorning.

PATBRENNAN

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The region gets an unwanteddry run well before fire season.

MORE ON FIRESA third blaze breaks out at Camp Pendleton. News 22

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from March’s year-over-year increase of 2.2 percent.

Unemployment nation-wide fell to 6.3 percent inApril.

In Orange County, lei-sure and hospitality report-ed the highest growth overMarch, with the addition of3,700 jobs as firms rampedup for the summer touristseason. Professional andbusiness services postedthe largest year-over-yearincrease, with an overallgain of 8,700 jobs.

“As unemployment con-tinues to decline, I thinkfinding the right candidatesfor the right position ismore difficult,” said MaraKlug, regional vice presi-dent of Southern Californiafor recruitment firm Adec-co.

Construction was again abright spot, with 11.4 per-cent growth over April 2013,to 83,300 jobs.

MBK Homes, a builderbased in Irvine, has beenhiring as it pushes intoapartments and adds newhomes, said Rick Fletcher,vice president of sales andmarketing.

“We need expertise in ar-eas such as acquisition andasset management,”Fletcher said in an email.“Secondly, the recovery inthe housing market has al-lowed us to ramp up our vol-ume, and new project man-agers, analysts, purchasingand field staff are needed tosupport and manage thisgrowth.”

Chapman Universityeconomist Esmael Adibifound Orange County’syear-over-year 1.9 percentnon-farm growth rate “a lit-tle discouraging.” Thegrowth rate fell from 2.6percent in January and 2.2percent in February andMarch.

“The pace of job creating

is slowing down,” Adibi ex-plained.

But Adibi said he expectsthat pace to pick up.“Things will get strongerthrough the year,” he said.

Overall, Orange Countysaw weak performance inonly two major private-sec-tor areas: manufacturingand financial activities.This was in part due to theweaker economies of trad-ing partners and a falloff inmortgage refinancing.

“If California gains25,000 more jobs nextmonth, we’ll be basically atthe previous peak from July2007,” Adibi said. OrangeCounty is about 43,700 jobsshort of its April peak, from2007.

And although some econ-omists consider a national

unemployment rate ofaround 5 percent as the“natural” rate, or the lowestrate an economy can sus-tain, that doesn’t necessar-ily apply locally, Adibi said.

“Five percent is not themagic number,” Adibi said.A natural rate becomes so-mewhat irrelevant at the lo-cal level because peoplemove around so much. Hepointed out that OrangeCounty’s December 1999unemployment rate was 2.2percent.

There’s been a rapid shiftin employees getting “un-trenched,” according toKim Shepherd, CEO ofrecruiter Decision Toolbox.In layman’s terms, thatmeans people who havejobs are feeling more confi-dent about looking for alter-natives.

“They were afraid anddug in, but that’s shiftingrapidly,” Shepherd ex-plained.

That’s good news foranyone who has felttrapped in a miserable jobthey’d like to leave. It’s badnews, though, for those whohave been out of work formonths or years, who willface more competition, shesaid.

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CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Chapman profes-sor EsmaelAdibi ex-pects morejob creationas the economyimproves.

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