California
The Employment Development Department is unveiling a newly updated and simplified unemployment benefit application that makes it easier to file.
Lisa Puente and Arthur Marquez were arrested last week and charged with mail fraud, unauthorized access devices and aggravated identity theft.
Business
U.S. job growth slowed sharply last month and the unemployment rate rose to a nearly three-year high of 4.3%, the latest sign of a cooling labor market.
World & Nation
As millions of Chinese college graduates have started looking for work, youth unemployment is on the rise again.
A resurgence of hiring added a quarter-million jobs last month across the country and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to new government data released Friday.
Employers in the state add 6,800 jobs in August, far below its nationwide share. Hiring in film, manufacturing and other key sectors stalls.
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but the level of claims remains at healthy levels, the Labor Department reported.
U.S. stocks rallied in Wall Street’s latest sharp swerve after a better-than-expected report on unemployment eased worries about the slowing economy.
Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike.
In a surprisingly strong economic report, California employers stepped up hiring in May and the state unemployment rate fell for the first time since 2022.