Santa Monica Pier

Skateboarder in a white tank top and khaki pants grinds a metal pipe on a wooden ramp at Santa Monica Pier, with spectators in the background.

SUMMER FUN

Santa Monica’s ‘Pier 360’ Beach Festival brings the heat this weekend

Admission is free on Saturday and Sunday.

Colorful sunset over Santa Monica pier with a large illuminated Ferris wheel and calm waves reflecting the lights.

ATTRACTIONS

Santa Monica Pier

Santa Monica Pier is the city’s most recognizable landmark and a living piece of...

Route 66 End of the Trail sign in front of a colorful boardwalk shop with a ferris wheel in the background on Santa Monica Pier, blue sky above.

PIER PARTY

Santa Monica Pier to celebrate 100 years of Route 66

The "Pier to Pier" event will unite Santa Monica, Chicago this weekend

Riders in a red roller-coaster car pass in front of a huge white Ferris wheel at Pacific Park on a sunny day.

PARTY TIME!

Pacific Park turns 30 with colorful celebration

Pacific Park officially opened to the public on May 26, 1996

Santa Monica Pier

SUMMER BUMMER!

 Report: Santa Monica Pier has California’s second dirtiest beach

It's the only Los Angeles County beach to land in the top 10