Customers can also apply for benefits or request additional information online at www.edd.ca.gov.
With more jobless people seeking unemployment insurance in the Southland and statewide, the state's Employment Development Department will be available by phone from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays starting March 21. The call center can be reached at (800) 300-5616 for English speakers and (800) 326-8937 for Spanish speakers.