Casa de Oro-Mount Helix News

San Diego County's unemployment rate was 9.3 percentA in February, unchanged from the previous month, but below the 10.2 percent rate of February 2011, the state Employment Development Department reports.

San Diego County's unemployment rate edged up to 9.3 percent in January from 9 percent the previous month, but was well below the 10.5 percent rate of January 2011, the state reported Friday.

La Mesa and Santee shared the lowest unemployment rate in East County in April-both at 8.2 percent-as the county dipped below 10 percent for the first time in nearly two years.