A storm is dropping rounds of heavy rain on more than 22 million people across Southern California on Saturday.

Water levels on the Merced River jumped significantly over the weekend after an atmospheric river dumped torrential rain.

The heaviest amounts of rain are expected to come through Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.

Three new pro-development appointees at the powerful Coastal Commission are trying to remedy its poor reputation among housing activists and Democratic leaders.

A 71-year-old man died after his car was swept away as he tried to drive over a flooded bridge in Sutter County, authorities said.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is asking the Supreme Court to pause new California laws expected to require thousands of companies to report emissions and climate-risk information.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging California's ban on federal law enforcement officers wearing masks while on duty.

"Out of touch career politician Ami Bera spent years rubber-stamping the radical Democrats' agenda 99% of the time, making California the most unaffordable state," Christian Martinez, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, told The Bee last week.

A powerful atmospheric river had mostly moved through California after causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state, but lingering thunderstorms brought the risk of mudslides in areas of Los Angeles County that were recently ravaged by wildfire.

In a Nov. 14 ruling, a judge said the Trump administration had "engaged in coercive and retaliatory conduct in violation of the First Amendment."