The amount of fraud has dropped sharply since the pandemic, but California still faced financial liabilities from the unemployment surge.

What You Need to Know: California is investing $3 million to support workers and small businesses impacted by the planned ...

California has one of the largest unemployment insurance programs in the country, paying out benefits to over a million people.

Bonnie Tom is newly married and excited for this next chapter in life. She’s been saving money, maybe to buy a house, but the State of California recently snatched nearly everything she’d saved.

During the pandemic, Californians seeking unemployment help face massive delays. “We’re in a lot better position” now, one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to people who may not have been ...

Well over 1.1 million new unemployment claims just last week, down only slightly from the previous week but well over any other we experienced in the Great Recession. The department also has been ...