SAN FRANCISCO -- Anyone who's had to deal with the Employment Development Department over the past year knows how difficult it is to get someone on the phone to help with their unemployment claims.

California will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks as the state works to prevent fraud and reduce a substantial backlog, officials said late Saturday. "It's overwhelming. People ...

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 ...

As California's unemployment soars to historic highs, the Employment Development Department is under the magnifying glass. Although it's processed more than five million claims during the coronavirus ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The federal government stopped providing special unemployment benefits to gig workers, independent contractors and the self-employed two months ago. Those special benefits were ...

The federal government has stepped in to help California's Employment Development Department <a href="http://www.capradio.org/17554" target="_blank" title="Capital ...

Sixty-one state lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday asking for bigger and faster changes to the state’s backlogged, antiquated unemployment system than he promised in his “strike ...

The Department of Justice says that 40-year-old Anthony Mark Silva reportedly collected personal information from numerous ...

A New Hampshire man has been indicted in a fraud scheme that prosecutors say stole more than $700,000 from California's ...

The Department of Justice says that 40-year-old Anthony Mark Silva reportedly collected personal information from numerous ...