Jobless rate hits home in Calif. farm town

In Mendota, 41% are out of work

By Chris Collins

THE FRESNO BEE
2:00 a.m. March 30, 2009

MENDOTA – The customer seemed interested in a black blouse offered for $1 at the thrift store. But instead of buying it, she set it on the front counter.

Maybe tomorrow, she told the cashier, she would have the money. Or the next day. But not now.

“That is the way people are now,â€