Powerful waves pounded rocks along the Mendocino coast in northern California on Thursday, December 26, while a high surf ...

California experienced relatively minor effects, but at Santa Cruz Harbor, waves flooded streets and a parking lot, where cars floated about like toy boats. Water poured into bathrooms and ...

Most notably, in terms of destruction on the west coast, a large chunk of the iconic Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed from the inundation of swell, and was sent spinning through the high seas like a rubber ...

The phenomenon known as "king waves" will come back to southern California coasts, which is why people are encouraged to take precautions The tide phenomenon known as "king waves" will come back to ...

When this happens, freshwater sources can become salinated and unusable, underground drainages can back up ... As seas rise, the waves can reach farther up California’s beaches and cliffs where they ...

Weather warnings remain in place as a bomb cyclone continues to churn over the Pacific, bringing dangerous conditions to California, including waves as high as 22 feet in the San Francisco area.

An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future. Rodeo Beach, Calif., one of the beaches ...

NPS photo by Ambre Chaudoin A 7.0 magnitude earthquake off California’s coast ... s rattle to reach the waters of the underground cavern and slosh waves nearly 2 feet high, officials said.

Continued funding for a giant underground tunnel that would reroute part of drought-prone California's water supply was approved by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.