California unemployment claims rocket higher, worst in five months

anybody have a clue as to the reason?<p>Seems extreme, most states are going back to normal

I recently learned that SF still has an indoor mask mandate, despite high vaccination rates and a low rate of new cases. Are restrictions like that still common in other parts of CA? Is that part of what&#x27;s hampering the recovery?

The federal unemployment benefits ended like last week, maybe a bunch of people are trying to switch to state benefits instead.