The National Weather Service issued high surf advisories Thursday morning for Northern California, with 20-to-30-foot waves expected through Sunday.

A powerful storm pummeling the West Coast churned up waves as high as 60 feet, killing one man, sweeping another out to sea and prompting multiple rescues when a pier collapsed in Santa Cruz, California,

Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California's coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man's death and the partial collapse of a pier.

The National Weather Service issued a high surf warning, with waves reaching up to 35 feet, after a pier collapsed.

Persistent high surf and flooding threats along California’s coast have residents on high alert a day after a major storm was blamed for one man’s death and the partial collapse of a pier, which propelled three people into the Pacific Ocean.

No Mega Millions player won the $1 billion Christmas Eve jackpot, so the grand prize for Friday night's drawing will be an estimated $1.15 billion.

A Mega Millions ticket sold in California matched five numbers to win nearly $1.8 million and just missed the $1 billion jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball,

No one claimed the Mega Millions jackpot, but a lucky winner in California nabbed a $1.7 million ticket in the Christmas Eve drawing.