Some Santa Monica property owners posted a sign in a busy shopping area saying the coastal California city "is not safe" because of crime and homelessness. "We've had enough," Jessica Rogers, a ...

Decades later, more amusement park rides began to open on the Santa Monica Pier, and in 1940, its famous neon welcome sign was constructed. General views of the Santa Monica Pier on June 24, 2021 ...

A Route 66 sign, perched on a pole at the famed Santa Monica pier, advertises the spot as the “end of the trail.” But for these road trippers, it's just the beginning.

Picturing Santa Monica without the Pier is like picturing the Hollywood Hills without the Hollywood Sign or New York without the Empire State Building, but with all the changes that have happened ...

Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach may sit side by side, but they could not be more different. One is packed with classic boardwalk charm, while the other is a wild mix of street performers ...

New York City has the Empire State Building, Hollywood has cutout letters strung across a hillside, and Santa Monica has its pier: a single, focus-pulling element that looms large in the public ...

It’s hard to believe now, but the pier almost disappeared entirely in the 1970s. Back then, the Santa Monica City Council was close to letting developers demolish the historic pier to make way ...

Photo-ops. Make memories and grab photos at some of the state’s most Instagrammable spots, including the official end of Route 66 sign and the blue and yellow Santa Monica Pier sign.

Santa Monica, California, 16 miles from downtown Los Angeles, ... the Route 66 Association recently recognized a sign on the pier where you can take a photo at the commemorative end to Route 66.

What to Know. Santa Monica Pier's 115th Birthday Celebration; Friday, Sept. 6; 5:30 opening, 7:30 movie; free, but an advance ticket is required ; Activities for kids, a Pinktastic Plastixx ...

Millions of people visit Santa Monica beaches each year, but if you swim near the pier area, be warned that the water is the most polluted in the state, according to Heal the Bay’s research.

Photo-ops Make memories and grab photos at some of the state’s most Instagrammable spots, including the official end of Route 66 sign and the blue and yellow Santa Monica Pier sign.