LA County warns against swimming at several beaches, including Santa Monica Pier, due to high bacterial levels.

Half a day is fine if you wish to only cover top spots like the Santa Monica Pier and Third Street Promenade. Is it worth renting a bike to ride along the beach path, or should I just walk it?

Heal the Bay has released its annual report card on California beaches. The dirtiest include one in L.A. County and four in San Diego County.

The environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay released its annual Beach Report Card on Thursday and for the fourth year in a row, the beach at the Santa Monica ... rankings. Los Angeles County has ...

LA County Public Health warns of high bacterial levels at several beaches, advising against ocean water activities near ...

Los Angeles County had seven beaches ... and Wet Weather. Santa Monica Pier landed second on the “Beach Bummer” list, behind a beach in Mexico, due to ongoing persistent water quality issues ...

The Santa Monica Pier area, specifically north of Pico and south of Wilshire boulevards, is the only beach in Los Angeles County to make the list. Despite upgrades such as stormwater capture ...

The beach adjacent to the Santa Monica Pier has again been named one ... followed by San Diego County with 12 and Los Angeles County with seven. Heal the Bay attributed the overall improvement ...

For the second year in a row, the area around the Santa Monica Pier ... s annual Beach Report Card. Brenda Elizondo is an audience engagement fellow at the Los Angeles Times.

For the second year in a row, the Santa Monica Pier ... heartbeat of the pier—a place always pulsing with life and imagination,” said Ahmad Muhaisen, CEO of RASA, the Los Angeles-based ...

Beach visitors might want to add a new report card on the health of California beaches to their summer reading list. Once again, the Santa Monica Pier is the top California location on environmental ...

As a Southern California local, I think there are several tourist attractions worth visiting. However, others aren't quite ...