More severe weather is forecast for an already soaked California, raising risk of additional mudslides and debris flows.

The quakes come as California sees the effects of an atmospheric river that has caused flash flooding, rescues, and landslides.

The California Highway Patrol warned drivers to be cautious because "'making memories’ shouldn’t include us pulling you out of a snowbank."

By Jill Connelly and Rich McKay WRIGHTWOOD, California, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Three days of heavy downpours that spawned flash flooding and mudslides across Southern California subsided on Friday, as residents of homes in the hard-hit mountain resort of Wrightwood began digging out mud and assessing damage.

A new year means new laws, but there are many that don't affect Californians' day-to-day lives. Here are a few that might.

California officials and weather forecasters urged holiday travelers to avoid the roads on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ahead of a series of powerful winter storms that threatened to slam the state with relentless rains, heavy winds and mountain snow through Friday.

From lower school zone speed limits to new penalties for car-theft tech, here is how the California Highway Patrol is changing the rules of the road this year.

California farming mogul Michael Abatti faces murder charges in Arizona after his estranged wife was found dead in Pinetop.