Southern California Unemployment Rates Dip in July

A person passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento, Calif., on Dec. 18, 2020. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

The unemployment rates in Southern California dropped in July, according to the latest figures released by the state Employment Development Department (EDD).

California in general has regained over 97 percent of the nearly 3 million nonfarm jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to the EDD.