San Mateo County Posts California’s Lowest Unemployment Rate Among Major Counties, but the Peninsula’s Labor Market Is Being Reshaped From Within

At 3.8 percent, the county's jobless rate is the envy of every metro in the state. The forces behind that number — a 5.5 percent construction surge, a hospitality sector growing at 5.0 percent, and a tech industry that has finally stopped bleeding — reveal a Peninsula economy becoming less dependent on any single industry. […]