Heartbreaking scams that target senior citizens in our community are on the rise during the pandemic. The crooks don’t stop at pilfering bank…
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The Employment Development Department which oversees the processing and distribution of employment insurance benefits has been under fire for its…
Continue Reading SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Our series of Tipline reports about fraud in California’s unemployment system indicates the loss to taxpayers could hit a…
Continue Reading A Goleta man says the state paid him unemployment benefits that he never asked for and now he can’t get the EDD to take the money…
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Trev Broudy has become an expert of sorts on the interaction between electricity and copper plumbing. For several months, he’s been on a mission to…
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MONTECITO, Calif. – Trev Broudy looks back to February, 2019 when his Golden Retriever nearly died as the first indication something was wrong. He…
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One of the toughest battlegrounds in the fight against COVD-19 has played out at senior living facilities. Outbreaks can sweep through killing dozens…
Continue Reading The NewsChannel has been investigating problems at the EDD since May and one of the top complaints we receive involves problems with the EDD’s…
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A bipartisan group of 59 lawmakers from all over California are demanding Bank of America explain why money belonging to unemployed workers is being…
Continue Reading SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Some Santa Barbara County jail inmates appear to be part of a statewide fraud scheme bilking hundreds of millions of dollars…
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The California Employment Development Department is taking more drastic measures to deal with a wave of fraudulent…
Continue Reading People who lost their jobs during the pandemic shutdown filed for unemployment benefits through the EDD and many have received…
Continue Reading On Saturday, the EDD released a blueprint to get past the current crisis and hopefully avoid more problems in the…
Continue Reading Problems at California’s Employment Development Department, also known as the EDD, is raising serious concerns about possible…
Continue Reading More than a million Californians are on the verge of becoming homeless. Sadly, the safety net they thought would help them is letting them down when…
Continue Reading People thinking about buying a used vehicle these days will probably run a Google search first, check Carfax and maybe get a pre-purchase inspection.…
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A Solvang woman struggled to kick a squatter off her land, that’s when someone contacted the local NewsChannel on her…
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Charlie Vasquez took his two daughters to Lompoc Valley Medical Center to be tested for the coronavirus on April 2, 2020. The test came back negative…
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Sharon Green is running into problem she never anticipated during this health crisis. Her business insurance company denied her recent claim for…
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This Mercedes Benz is responsible for at least two dozen toll evasions in the Bay…
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