OPINION: Recent weeks reminded us just how quickly stability can vanish. While the government shutdown has ended, layoffs ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KGO) -- The ongoing fiasco at EDD came under the spotlight Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom released his highly-anticipated task force report on what's gone wrong, revealing 600,000 ...
California’s troubled Employment Development Department squandered millions on cell phone plans for devices that were shoved in closets and left unused, according to an investigation released Friday.
SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Tawnya Coogan is having a tough financial go of it during this pandemic and was surprised when she recently received an email from the EDD. "It said 'Action needed on your ...
BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- There has been an outpouring of offers to help a mother and her four-year-old son who 7 On Your Side told you about Wednesday. They were left homeless and living out of their ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Amid the coronavirus crisis, so many have questions about how to get unemployment benefits. California is seeing "unprecedented" numbers during the pandemic with roughly 4.6 million ...
California's embattled unemployment benefits agency has cleared about 246,000 of its more than 1.6 million backlog in claims, which means more unemployment checks are on the way. The agency said ...
A confusingly worded prompt on the EDD's biweekly certification questionnaire is leaving some unemployed Californians with their benefits stuck as "pending" for weeks. Every two weeks, those on ...
A California audit flagged spending mistakes and misuse across multiple agencies, including millions in service fees for ...
The Humboldt County unemployment rate jumped to 5.6% in June, the highest rate of the year, according to data released by the California Employment Development Department on Friday. In May, the rate ...
California’s unemployment department bought more cellphones than it needed for remote work during the pandemic and kept paying for thousands of unused lines.