In August 1976, it was declared an official landmark of the City of Santa Monica. The pier’s woes didn’t end here though sadly, as it was well and truly walloped by a storm in January 1983 ...

A seminal site in the history of beach volleyball won’t be part of the 2028 Summer ... a 12,000-seat beach volleyball stadium near the Santa Monica Pier was “one of the cornerstones of an ...

General views of the Santa Monica Pier on June 24, 2021 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) But it wasn’t always blue skies and sunny days for the pier ...

Voters rejected a plan to extend the pier to a man-made island with a resort hotel, a convention center and other amenities. But Scott didn’t give up, according to Santa Monica Pier Corporation ...

Months after the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, Pali Strong and the Altadena Coalition united survivors at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday ... life that I wouldn't wish on my worst ...

If the rainstorm pounding Southern California wasn’t enough, the Santa Monica Pier is closed off right now due to a bomb threat. The threat was called in about an hour ago, sources tell me.

Excerpted from "Santa Monica Pier: America’s Last Great Pleasure Pier ... class neighborhood in Santa Monica, and there wasn’t much to do except go to the ocean, walk the boardwalk, build ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Our Route 66 road trip began at the end, at the famed fishing pier jutting out into the ... a lot of things — that we wouldn’t have done on our own,” said Fran ...

"It wasn't legal. It wasn't legal at all," Goggins ... the 53-year-old actor stripped down to a skimpy yellow Speedo and posed on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, Calif.

Though it has traditionally been rather touristy due to its scenic, coastal landscape and iconic sights like the Santa Monica Pier, the restaurant ... sauce shouldn’t be skipped.

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 ...

Decades later, more amusement park rides began to open on the Santa Monica Pier, and in 1940, its famous neon welcome sign was constructed. But it wasn’t always blue skies and sunny days for the ...