https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/05/06/covid-economy-california-unemployment-claims-improve-backlog-worse-edd/ > California workers filed fewer unemployment claims last week — but the state’s labor agency is falling behind again in its uneven efforts to whittle down a mountain of backlogged claims, separate government reports show. > Workers statewide filed 71,200 first-time claims for unemployment during the week that ended on May 1, which was down 7,400 from the 78,600 claims that were filed in the week ending on April 24, the federal Department of Labor reported Thursday.