It was a tumultuous year for Southern California’s job market – with layoffs, legal battles, and political skirmishes dominating the employment news.
Here are a dozen of the Southern California News Group’s most-read stories about employment in 2024 …
- No. 1: Optum laying off 364 California healthcare workers, shuttering urgent cares
- No. 2: Northrop Grumman cutting as many as 1,000 jobs at Space Park in Redondo Beach
- No. 3: Southwest Airlines to offer buyouts at LAX, Burbank, Long Beach and John Wayne
- No. 4: Video game maker Activision Blizzard laying off 400 workers in Irvine, LA
- No. 5: Rivian laying off 92 employees at Orange County facilities
- No. 6: California job losses jump 20% in a year
- No. 7: Why Cheesecake Factory wage theft case in Orange County matters for California
- No. 8: RV plant closures in Hemet, Rialto will cut 415 jobs just days before holidays
- No. 9: California ranks dead last for job growth in US
- No. 10: Will $20 minimum wage crush fast food in California?
- No. 11: Pirch files layoff notice after abruptly closing stores and ghosting customers
- No. 12: Phillips 66 closing its LA Harbor-area refinery; more than 600 jobs at stake
