In Santa Cruz, the municipal wharf under construction partially collapsed and fell into the ocean. A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean.

A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf and partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean.