Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

Santa Monica is welcoming the summer with an active weekend of competitions that are all about beach culture. The Pier 360 Beach Festival returns to the city’s famous pier June 28-29 with a mix of ...

In what has become a disappointing annual ritual, a pair of local beaches continue to score poorly for their environmental health. On June 15, local non-profit Heal the Bay released its 2016 Beach ...

Heal the Bay released its 26th annual beach report card last week, and along with it came the environmental group’s top-10 “Beach Bummer” list. Heal the Bay analysts assigned A-to-F letter grades to ...

On May 16, 2026, the first-of-its-kind event will kick off in Santa Monica, California.