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

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

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

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

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 DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A former employee of the California Employment Development Department has been sentenced to five and a half months in prison after being accused of stealing money intended to ...

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 ...

The pandemic stress tested all sorts of boundaries for state government, not the least of which were the limits of its critical benefits systems, like those offered through the California Employment ...

A former California Employment Development Department employee admitted this week in federal court to fraudulently obtaining more than $768,000 in COVID-19 unemployment payments for dead people and ...