https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/12/california-unemployment-claims-highest-three-months-jobs-edd-covid/

Unemployment claims in California rose last week and have now soared to their highest level in nearly three months, an unsettling hint that the statewide job market has yet to bounce back from the economic side effects of the coronavirus.

California workers filed 68,556 initial claims for unemployment during the week that ended on Aug. 7, an increase of 6,347 from the 62,209 claims workers filed over the week ending on July 31, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.