https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/21/covid-economy-woes-california-unemployment-claims-rocket-edd-jobs/ > California workers filed the most initial claims for unemployment benefits in six months, a huge weekly total revealed on Thursday that suggests coronavirus-linked woes still afflict the statewide economy. > Workers statewide filed 80,700 first-time unemployment claims during the week that ended on Oct. 16, which was up 17,600 from the 63,100 initial claims that workers filed during the week ending on Oct. 9, the U.S. Labor Department reported.