frankly, it is ostlm f onne: manuel bojorquez, k you. tonight, there is some good economic news. 385,000 americans filed for first-time jobless benefits last week, the lowest number since the pandemic started. business owners are seeing customers return, but are struggling to find workers. so governors from 25 states are ending federal jobless programs early. here s cbs carter evans. reporter: covid struck the idyllic central california coast hard, both in cases and cost. our main revenue stream just shut off like a faucet. reporter: with so much of this region dependent on travelers, the economy tanked. monterey peninsula is a tourism-based economy, soexiv la ople are iseice dustries moved. reporter: and that s a problem now that tourists are flocking back, as california prepares to lift all covid restrictions.