![FILE - In this July 18, 2020, file photo a closed sign hangs in the window of a barber shop in Burbank, Calif. California's unemployment rate edged up nearly 1 percentage point last month as the state shed more than 52,000 jobs led by the pandemic-hobbled restaurant and lodging industries, the state's beleaguered Employment Development Department reported Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/SUDPXG6PJ4Z5INRLKQEQO6BXA4.jpg?smart=true&auth=7c7ac58bf77e91f523e0eb733451959e9a52a671c2f64efc72d711cee9a465d0&width=400&height=225)
A closed sign hangs in the window of a barber shop in Burbank, California. Millions of jobs lost during the pandemic are unlikely to come back. AP
A closed sign hangs in the window of a barber shop in Burbank, California. Millions of jobs lost during the pandemic are unlikely to come back. AP
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