Santa Monica is welcoming the summer with an active weekend of competitions that are all about beach culture. The Pier 360 Beach Festival returns to the city’s famous pier June 28-29 with a mix of ...

Freddie Powell might not have found his happily ever after on season 1 of Love Is Blind: UK, but he did find something else — ...

Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach may sit side by side, but they could not be more different. One is packed with classic boardwalk charm, while the other is a wild mix of street performers ...

The Santa Monica Pier officially opened to the public on Sept. 9, 1909, and “quickly evolved into a popular fishing and boating destination,” according to Santa Monica Travel & Tourism.

People in LA like to reduce Santa Monica to the pier, The Promenade, and woo-woo wellness, but it’s more than tourists and ...

Over the years, Santa Monica Pier would evolve into one of Los Angeles County’s biggest tourist attractions. But back when Harris first worked there, it offered little more than the sunset view ...

The Santa Monica Pier was built to run sewage into the ocean in 1909. The amusement park concept developed in 1916 during the heyday of pleasure piers, which populated coastal towns nationwide.

Jim Harris, Santa Monica Pier historian and author of [Santa Monica Pier: A Century on the Last Great Pleasure Pier], shared the history of this iconic landmark which began as an avenue to move ...

Officers were dispatched about 2:40 p.m. to the pier, according to a watch commander at the Santa Monica Police Department. Local TV news picked up the story from the scene. Here's a close-up look ...