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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 ...

A large algae bloom was spotted around the Santa Monica Pier Tuesday, extending for miles down the coastline. Sky5 was above the “red tide” at 11 a.m. The bloom was seen “all the way down” in Marina ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A beloved symbol of the Los Angeles area is ...

We're following just about anything illuminated these days, as is the way of many whimsy-seekers in the middle of December. And just about the biggest illuminated thing around is the Pacific Wheel at ...