BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A new report by the California Employment Development Department shows the unemployment rate of Kern County fell to 8.9% in April, marking the first decline in the ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in California dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 247,000 for the week ended May 31, the highest level since last October. Economists polled by Reuters had ...