$2.5 million in EDD fraud leads to arrest of 44 suspects in Beverly Hills, police say CA begins sending extra $300 per week in unemployment benefits, but many will not receive the supplemental aid ...

UNEMPLOYMENT BACKLOG: The EDD has a backlog of 600,000 Californians still waiting for claims to be processed and another 1 million cases where people received payments that have been cut off ...

CALISTOGA, Calif. -- The extra $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits is slated to end this week. And still there are thousands in California who haven't received any benefits at all.

The scheme sought more than $2 million in unemployment benefits, though Keyes was able to obtain $1.1 million in EDD funds, according to prosecutors.

At long last, Shelby Hughes's EDD delayed and desperately-needed unemployment benefits came through -- but people all over California have also stepped in to offer support. BERKELEY, Calif.