We’re over a year into a deadly pandemic that has cost hundreds of thousands of Californians their jobs, and caused claims for unemployment benefits to soar into the millions. President Biden signed ...

Laid-off workers, independent contractors, gig workers, freelancers, and self-employed individuals may be eligible to receive unemployment benefits from the Employment Development Department (EDD) of ...

McClatchy reporter David Lightman took questions from readers this week about unemployment benefits — and the difficulty people have reaching the agency that manages the program. The second new ...