Free beach festival June 27-28 at Santa Monica Pier features paddleboard races, volleyball, surfing, live music and ocean ...

A quirky California beach town wins visitors over with offbeat charm, coastal character, and a personality that feels ...

For the past 41 years, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has only had one CEO: Julie Packard. The daughter of Silicon Valley pioneer ...

Southern California is a region that’s often thought of as a destination full of entertainment and the sun-kissed metropolis ...

The city of Santa Cruz began its free summer concert series on Tuesday which will be held on the newly renovated Santa Cruz ...

Santa Monica’s iconic Pacific Park is officially turning 30, marking three decades since amusement rides returned to the famed Santa Monica Pier for the first time since the 1930s. The beloved ...

The team behind the proposed female surfer statue projects announced it will have a new home: Capitola Esplanade.

On Mother’s Day, the thick blanket of orange and brown butterflies arrived in Shannon Robbins’ garden in Bonny Doon, a community in the Santa Cruz mountains devastated by the CZU Lightning Complex ...

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 ...

The Santa Monica Pier ranked among California's most polluted beaches for the fifth consecutive year, according to Heal the Bay's annual Beach Report Card released Wednesday ahead of Memorial Day ...

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 ...

Plan the ultimate tour of California, from San Francisco and Los Angeles to Yosemite and wine country, on our expert’s ...