SANTA MONICA - The Santa Monica Pier will soon have a temporary new front door. The City of Santa Monica announced Friday ...

To celebrate the Centennial anniversary of Route 66, the Pacific Park will offer free rides for 66 minutes Saturday morning on its world-famous, solar-powered Ferris wheel. Santa Monica's historic ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the fifth consecutive year, the area around the Santa Monica Pier was named one of California’s dirtiest ...

12:12 p.m. May 20, 2026: An earlier version of this story stated it was Santa Monica’s 10th consecutive year where the area around the pier was ranked among the dirtiest beaches in California. It’s ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- Police say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a Metro bus near the Santa Monica Pier Friday. The person was struck at about 2 p.m. near Main Street and Ocean Park ...

You wouldn’t know it from the hordes of tourists, cotton candy stands or iconic Ferris wheel, but the Santa Monica Pier wasn’t always a scene of such merriment. In the 117 years since opening day, the ...