After suspending 345,000 disability checks because of fraud concerns, California officials on Thursday confirmed nearly all of those suspected claims were associated with criminals trying to trick the ...

The best argument against California's taking over management of health care for every Californian may be the Employment Development Department's abysmal record of mismanaging the delivery of ...

The best argument against California’s taking over management of health care for every Californian may be the Employment Development Department’s abysmal record of mismanaging the delivery of ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) -- As 7 On Your Side had previously reported, the Employment Development Department (EDD) froze more than 345,000 disability claims last year in its effort to stop another ...

One morning in March, an undocumented farmworker on the Central Coast got ready to make a phone call she’d made dozens of times before, to a state agency where a human rarely answered. It had been ...

More fraud troubles with E. D. D. It's been an emotional roller coaster. But this time the problem isn't with unemployment transferred. Almost 350,000 disability claims frozen, leaving endless lines ...

Christina Cedillo has a sticky note on her computer, reminding her what buttons to press when she calls California’s employment department with questions about disability benefits. But at this point, ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...