US WARN intelligence

California layoffs & WARN notices

California has 17,586 non-cancelled imported WARN notices reporting 1,452,638 workers affected. 216 notices have future effective dates. These totals cover imported records only.

What the official notice history shows

During the last 365 days, this imported archive contains 1,497 eligible official filings for California, reporting 74,240 affected workers. 0 worker counts are unavailable. The newest official notice date is Oct 6, 2026.

17521 non-cancelled direct government records and 63 attributed secondary records appear in the full archive. Recent official event types: layoff, closure, temporary, unspecified. These figures describe notices, not unique people or completed layoffs. Grouped company names do not establish ownership.

Compare original weekly and monthly official-data reports → · How dates, names and counts are interpreted

17,586Non-cancelled notices
1,452,638Reported workers
216Future effective dates
Coverage is limited to connected sources and imported date ranges. 2 notices have unavailable worker counts. Company groups match normalized names; aliases below preserve exact employer names from filings. Methodology →

Notice history by year

20261,152 notices · 58,577 reported workers
20251,591 notices · 94,948 reported workers
20241,595 notices · 86,470 reported workers
20231,749 notices · 95,154 reported workers
2022874 notices · 57,251 reported workers
2021643 notices · 49,772 reported workers
20206,111 notices · 660,835 reported workers
2019729 notices · 60,943 reported workers
2018704 notices · 68,683 reported workers
2017671 notices · 57,317 reported workers
2016679 notices · 63,026 reported workers
2015748 notices · 69,420 reported workers
2014339 notices · 30,237 reported workers
20081 notices · 5 reported workers

Filings and attributed reports

Company / locationWorkersEffective dateNotice dateType / source
Freedom CommunicationsSanta Ana, CA969Mar 31, 2016Feb 18, 2016layoffSource ↗
CircorCorona, CA64Apr 15, 2016Feb 17, 2016closureSource ↗
Pacific HarvestGuadalupe, CA75Apr 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016layoffSource ↗
Yahoo!Burbank, CA90Apr 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016closureSource ↗
Yahoo!Los Angeles, CA60Apr 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016layoffSource ↗
Yahoo!Sunnyvale, CA127Apr 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016layoffSource ↗
Yahoo!San Francisco, CA45Apr 18, 2016Feb 17, 2016layoffSource ↗
California ResourcesBakersfield, CA74Apr 17, 2016Feb 16, 2016layoffSource ↗
OdwallaDinuba, CA164Apr 18, 2016Feb 16, 2016closureSource ↗
Valley Fine FoodsBenicia, CA94Feb 26, 2016Feb 15, 2016closureSource ↗
SK TextileVernon, CA51Apr 18, 2016Feb 15, 2016closureSource ↗
BAE SYSTEMSSan Francisco, CA2Feb 9, 2016Feb 12, 2016temporarySource ↗
BAE SYSTEMSSan Francisco, CA228Feb 9, 2016Feb 12, 2016temporarySource ↗
TangoMeMountain View, CA53Apr 12, 2016Feb 12, 2016layoffSource ↗
Toshiba America Information SystemsIrvine, CA7Feb 18, 2016Feb 12, 2016layoffSource ↗
Kraft Heinz FoodsSan Leandro, CA117Apr 15, 2016Feb 12, 2016closureSource ↗
Pinecrest SchoolsCanyon Country, CA24Jun 15, 2016Feb 12, 2016closureSource ↗
Pinecrest SchoolsMoorpark, CA118Jun 15, 2016Feb 12, 2016closureSource ↗
Pinecrest SchoolsWoodland Hills, CA71Jun 15, 2016Feb 12, 2016closureSource ↗
HPPalo Alto, CA74Jan 22, 2016Feb 11, 2016layoffSource ↗
SymantecMountain View, CA6Feb 10, 2016Feb 11, 2016layoffSource ↗
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake TahoeTruckee, CA253Apr 17, 2016Feb 11, 2016temporarySource ↗
Yahoo!Sunnyvale, CA107Apr 11, 2016Feb 10, 2016layoffSource ↗
Southern California EdisonRosemead, CA48Apr 8, 2016Feb 8, 2016layoffSource ↗
Albertsons CompaniesPleasanton, CA24Apr 8, 2016Feb 8, 2016layoffSource ↗

17,596 notices · Source check Oct 11, 2026