https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/03/coronavirus-california-unemployment-job-economy-edd-layoff-8-million/

Unemployment claims are rising again in California, increasing for two weeks in a row and ending a long stretch of improvement, an unsettling indicator that the statewide economy has yet to heal from the effects of the coronavirus.

Since business shutdowns imposed by state and local government officials began in mid-March, a stunning 8.13 million California workers have filed initial claims for unemployment benefits, reports filed by the U.S. Labor Department show.