https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/09/coronavirus-unemployment-california-jobless-claims-job-layoff-economy-tech-retail-restaurant-hotel-edd-ui/ > California’s battered job market showed signs of improvement amid widespread business shutdowns and cutbacks due to the coronavirus with a decrease in first-time claims for unemployment, federal labor officials reported Thursday. > Related Articles Walters: Jobless face troubled California unemployment benefit system Jobless claims backlog mounts in California Coronavirus retail: Levi Strauss cuts 700 corporate jobs Coronavirus economy: Rent squeeze for Bay Area small merchants State, nonprofits step up to help undocumented workers hit with staggering job losses, crushing debt An estimated 267,100 workers California filed initial claims for jobless benefits during the week that ended on July 4, which was down about 10,000 from the 277,400 who filed unemployment claims for the first time during the week ending on June 27, according to a new report by the U.S. Labor Department.