EDD To Unemployed In California - "Checks Are In The Mail"

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The state Employment Development Department said by Tuesday it would mail new unemployment benefit checks for 121,000 jobless Californians who had exhausted their benefits.

They've been granted a new 14-week benefit extension.

But the new checks have been delayed for more than a month because of the department's antique computer system.

Now, the EDD said it has straightened out the paperwork problems and those checks will be in the mail by the end of business on Tuesday.