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.

An emphasis has been placed on burn scar areas that are more susceptible to flooding, mudslides and debris flows.

A winter storm is hitting New York City and other parts of the Northeast, but an atmospheric river that dumped rain on California most of the week was easing.

The third and final round of a holiday storm will bear down on Southern California during one of the busiest travel days of the year.

A California family surprised grandparents with a heartwarming Christmas sleepover at home, reviving a 25-year tradition in a viral video.

Much of Southern California is under a flood advisory as rain makes travel dangerous, while a snowstorm heads for the Northeastern U.S.

A tornado did, in fact, spin through Los Angeles on Christmas, the National Weather Service confirmed, damaging a home and a commercial strip mall.