https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/19/covid-economy-california-unemployment-claims-jump-four-weeks-edd/

Initial unemployment claims in California jumped last week and are now far above normal levels, raising uncertainty about the extent that the statewide economy has recovered from coronavirus-linked maladies.

California workers filed about 68,100 jobless claims during the week that ended on Aug. 14, up 2,600 from the 65,500 claims that they filed during the seven days ending on Aug. 7, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.