There are some new things to be aware of regarding appealing unemployment denials for part-time faculty. The state has recently made an online portal available. This portal makes it much easier to access and upload documents (and eliminates the need for faxing or postal mailing docs to the court) relating to an appeals hearing.
Contingent World: How to File an Appeal (for CA Community College Part-Time Faculty)
Note that this new online public portal may not yet be available for all cases, depending on which office the case has been assigned to.