While winter storms have been a longtime threat for California’s piers, scientists say they’re becoming even more destructive. Climate change is also generating greater storm variability.

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

“The whole bay was undulating in and out.” Part of the lure of California’s piers is nostalgia: The state’s earliest piers were built more than 150 years ago and served steamships ...

As the year comes to an end, we are reminded of the destruction caused to California’s piers battered by brutal storms since January. The Ocean Beach Pier has remained closed since October 2023 ...

Piers Morgan labelled the situation “shameful” after a 16-year-old trans athlete won two gold medals at the state ...

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s (SBMM) upcoming exhibit, Majestic California Piers, features 31 photographs featuring iconic piers throughout California. An aerial photo shows the pier at ...

From water sports and beach-combing on its five miles of sandy shore to checking out more than 30,000 plants at the city's Botanical Garden or one of the longest wooden piers in California ...

On the afternoon of April 26, 2025, community members and public officials gathered to celebrate the recent public opening of ...