Santa Cruz County Jobs

bilingual volunteered to create audio tracks in Spanish. We felt this would be a great way to be more inclusive. This was overwhelming for me and my team because it was hard to learn how to say some of the words in the essays we had to read. Me and my team had to practice our pronunciation a lot for each essay we recorded. Our team did a good job on this important part of the project.”

Each year fifth graders will help take care of the garden and add their own ideas to continue building this new outdoor creative learning space.

Volunteers, district staff and neighbors will pitch in over the summer.to keep this garden at Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary School alive. n •••

Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary, at 8005 Winkle Ave., Santa Cruz, is part of the Soquel Union School District. For information, see ww.scg.suesd.org.

Santa Cruz County Jobs Report posted May 20

April unemployment 4.5%

April 2022 Change from a year ago

Leisure 12,800 Up 1,700 & hospitality Government 22,500 Up 1,400 Manufacturing 7,600 Up 300 Other services 4,700 Up 300 Private education 17,500 Up 200 & health Professional/ 10,800 Up 200 business services Construction 4,900 Up 100 Financial 3,300 Up 100 Information 600 0 Trade/ 16,200 Down 100 transportation/utilities Farm 4,700 Down 1,100 Nonfarm 100,900 Up 4,200

Total 105,600 Up 3,100

Labor force 133,600 Up 1% Employed* 127,600 Up 6% Unemployed 6,100 Down 44%

Count is on the 12 of the month *Includes commuting to jobs outside county

Source: California Employment Development Department

SPECIALIZING IN Residential Repaints & Custom Homes Homeowners Associations Property Managers SUMMER SPECIAL

If we paint your interior and/or exterior by June 30, 2022 we will buy the paint.