https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/14/covid-california-unemployment-claims-jump-edd-economy-jobs-layoff/

California’s battered job market has yet to fully heal from its coronavirus-induced afflictions, as sketched out by a federal report released Thursday that shows unemployment claims remain abnormally high.

Workers in California filed 67,200 initial claims for unemployment benefits during the week that ended on Oct. 9, an increase of 3,200 from the 64,000 claims they filed in the week ending on Oct. 2, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday.