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California has regained nearly half of jobs lost in pandemic

Jobs in restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues accounted for more than 60% of the state's total.

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Fabian Rodriguez cleans a table in an outdoor tented dining area of Tequila Museo Mayahuel restaurant, in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. California's unemployment rate has dipped below 10% for the first time since March. A new report from the state Employment Development Department shows California added 145,500 jobs in October as the state's unemployment rate fell to 9.3%. Those gains could be short lived as a surge of cases has already prompted new restrictions on businesses with most restaurants ordered to halt indoor dining and impose a 10 p.m. curfew in most areas that begins Saturday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California extended its slow but steady economic recovery in April. New employment numbers released Friday show the state added more than 100,000 jobs for the third consecutive month.

California has now regained nearly half of the 2.7 million jobs lost at the beginning of the pandemic and accounted for 38% of all new jobs in the U.S. in April. Jobs in restaurants, hotels and entertainment venues accounted for more than 60% of the state's total.

California has waited longer than other states to lift restrictions on businesses. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he plans to lift most of the rules on June 15.

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