Spend the day at Santa Monica Pier and Beach is ranked #4 out of 33 things to do in Los Angeles. See pictures and our review of Spend the day at Santa Monica Pier and Beach.

Location: Santa Monica Pier vs. Venice Beach Venice Beach and Santa Monica Pier are around 20 mins away from downtown Los Angeles and both offer breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean.

The Pier 360 Beach Festival returns to the city’s famous pier June 28-29 with a mix of beach sports, live music and a historic look at the city’s coastal history. (Photo courtesy Santa Monica ...

Heal the Bay‘s annual Beach Report Card, which assigns A through F grades based on bacterial pollution levels, has named the landmark Santa Monica Pier beach and Mother’s Beach in its top ten ...

And on June 26, a Santa Monica man allegedly attacked three women at the beach north of the pier, attempting to strangle a 17-year-old, then assaulting and biting a woman who tried to come to her ...

For the past 15 years, documentary photographer Karen Ballard has been working on a long-term project about Venice, a vibrant ...

An iconic destination for Angelenos, the Santa Monica Pier is celebrated in a new book by James Harris, with contributions by Robert Redford and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Stretching from the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Ocean Front Walk (the end of Route 66) to a spot above Santa Monica Bay, the Santa Monica Pier is the beach's most recognizable landmark ...