Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

California: In Emmeryville, the Ernest Gallo addiction clinic laid off three employees. In Santa Clara, high tech company Applied Materials laid off five people.  In San Dimas, Kroger owned Ralph’s grocery store closed down laying off 61 employees.  In Bakersfield, Xerox laid off 69 people.  In Fresno, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 543 people!  In Irvine and Pasadena, Too Big to Jail OneWest Bank laid off 180 people!  In Folsom, Verizon Wireless laid off 132 employees! In Mountain View, Bayer Healthcare laid off 63 employees.  In Alameda and South San Fransisco, Berkley Heartlab laid off 30 employees.

Connecticut:  In Meridian, Celico Partnership (dba Verizon Wireless) closed down, 160 people unemployed!  In Waterbury, NAFI Connecticut closed down, 66 people unemployed.

New York: In Olean, Advanced Monolythic Ceramics closed down, 65 people let go.  In North Massapequa, ProHealth Care Associates closed one of its offices, six people unemployed.

Ohio: In Dublin, Verizon Wireless closed down, 62 people laid off.  In Youngstown, Verizon Wireless closed down, 64 people laid off.

Oregon: In Hillsboro, SolarWorld laid off 100 employees!

Tennessee: The Christian God can’t stop Obama Care from killing 61 more jobs at Baptist Memorial Health Care hospitals.  Just a week prior they laid off 23 managers.  Hospital officials blamed Obama Care: “Health care is going through unprecedented change, and we’ll all have to do more with less.”-Jason Little, executive vice president and COO

Texas: In Austin, OneWest Bank laid off 725 call center employees!  The call center was sold to Owen Financial Corporation.

Wisconsin: In Watertown, even the Christian God couldn’t stop Obama Care from closing down the non-profit Bethesda Lutheran Communities nursing home for disabled people, at least 205 people out-o-work!  Officially it’s blamed on declining number of patients, but also because of declining Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements.