Yolo County jail inmate and girlfriend charged in EDD fraud case
An inmate in Yolo County Jail and his girlfriend were charged with crimes related to defrauding $11,688 from the California Employment Development Department. Author: Chelsea Shannon Updated: 11:28 AM PST December 22, 2020
WOODLAND, Calif. Yolo County District Attorney announced it charged an inmate and his girlfriend with crimes related to defrauding the California Employment Development Department [EDD] of $11,688 in unemployment benefits.
According to a press release from the district attorney s office, Taylor Lewis Gholar, 29, was sentenced on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, to three years after being convicted for a sex crime involving a minor. According to the district attorney s press release, Gholar was serving his sentence in the Yolo County Jail.
Super Saturday shoppers find holiday deals despite Newsom s stay-at-home order
Malls were busy on Super Saturday despite stay-at-home order
GLENDALE, Calif. - Super Saturday shoppers were busy trying to find those holiday deals despite Governor Newsom s regional stay-at-home order.
At the Glendale Galleria, there were good-sized crowds looking for holiday bargains. It may not have been the kind of crowds from last year, but it seemed more crowded than the post-Thanksgiving Black Friday sales.
This year according to Sensormatic Solutions, which manages SopperTrak traffic counting devices used in retail stores, mall traffic was down substantially in comparison to 2019.
What is the outlook?
More people stop seeking work in California as virus surges
Dec. 19, 2020 at 5:00 am
Adam Beam, Associated Press
More than 327,000 people stopped looking for work in California last month, a worrisome trend that has clouded the state’s economic picture during its worst outbreak of the coronavirus.
California’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% in November, falling for the sixth month in a row since reaching an all-time high of 16.4% in April and May. But the state only added 57,100 jobs in November, down from 145,500 gained in October.
Experts said the falling unemployment rate is mostly because so many people have stopped looking for work. Since November of last year, nearly 600,000 people have ended their search more than half of them in November, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
SLO County unemployment dropped in November but officials warn it could get worse again [The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)]
Dec. 18 The San Luis Obispo County unemployment rate fell in November, but officials are warning that the improvement could be short-lived.
According to the California Employment Development Department, SLO County’s jobless rate was 5.4% last month, down from 5.9% in October, but more than double the pre-pandemic rate of 2.5% in November 2019.
As of November, San Luis Obispo County has the seventh-lowest unemployment rate in California.
San Luis Obispo County Workforce Development Board officials say the latest rate is an indicator that “SLO County is slowly reaching its pre-pandemic conditions,” though they cautioned there “is much volatility to come” in the weeks ahead as the regional stay-at-home order could negatively impact businesses.
More Californians stop seeking work as virus surges
By Adam Beam
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - More than 327,000 people stopped looking for work in California last month, a worrisome trend that has clouded the state’s economic picture during its worst outbreak of the coronavirus.
California’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% in November, falling for the sixth month in a row since reaching an all-time high of 16.4% in April and May. But the state only added 57,100 jobs in November, down from 145,500 gained in October.
Experts said the falling unemployment rate is mostly because so many people have stopped looking for work. Since November of last year, nearly 600,000 people have ended their search more than half of them in November, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.