Santa Cruz, California's Plantronics will cut 670 positions and close its manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China. Plantronics will outsource its production of Bluetooth headsets to…
California's Pajaro Valley School District is cutting 222 jobs this week. The custodians, school secretaries and other classified staff will join the nearly 200 teachers…
Google is cutting its sales and marketing staff by nearly 200 positions, the biggest round of layoffs in the company's history. The cuts were announced…
Agilent Technologies, which manufactures machines to analyze DNA, chemicals, sound waves and other phenomena, will cut 2,700 jobs in response to a sharp decline in…
Lake Forest, Illinois' Hospira, which makes and sells BioTime’s blood product Hextend in the US, will cut 1,450 people, or 10% of its workforce. Alameda,…
Legg Mason’s Western Asset Management unit, the third-largest American manager of bond funds, has eliminated about 100 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. The Pasadena,…
The state unemployment rate hit 10.5% in February, the highest since 1983. Some 1.95 million Californians are searching for work. The state's highest rate ever…
Microchip equipment supplier Lam Research will cut 10% of its workforce, about 375 positions. Fremont, California-based Lam manufactures machines that etch and clean silicon wafers…
Santa Barbara, California bank holding firm Pacific Capital Bancorp will cut 300 workers, or 22% of its workforce. The company will cut 80 positions in…