Experience the Ultimate SoCal Vibes at Pier 360 Beach Festival, June 28-29. Surf, Sports, and Fun Await!

Orange County’s six iconic piers are more than coastal landmarks — they’re wooden sanctuaries to those who visit.

Pacific Beach, where the boardwalk gives way to the open ocean, Crystal Pier has been standing for nearly a century. Built in 1927 and welcoming overnight guests since 1930, the pier is home to the ...

The beach adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier has again been named one of California’s most polluted, landing in second place on Heal the Bay’s annual “Beach Bummer” list, part of the ...

And just about the biggest illuminated thing around is the Pacific Wheel at Pacific Park, located at Santa Monica Pier. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning ...

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Excerpted from "Santa Monica Pier: America’s Last Great Pleasure Pier" by James Harris (Angel City Press, 2024) For more than two decades, James Harris has been the executive director of the ...

When we meet on a video call for this interview, Santa Monica Pier’s executive director and historian James Harris is in his office, a former apartment in the historic merry-go-round building ...

When we meet on a video call for this interview, Santa Monica Pier’s executive director and historian James Harris is in his office, a former apartment in the historic merry-go-round building that ...

Heal the Bay‘s annual Beach Report Card, which assigns A through F grades based on bacterial pollution levels, has named the landmark Santa Monica Pier beach and Mother’s Beach in its top ten ...