Heal the Bay report: OC earns 34 ‘Honor Roll’ spots; Santa Monica Pier area is most polluted People walk the beach near the Santa Monica Pier. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) ...

Santa Monica Pier was the worst offender, a popular place that for years has struggled and again landed on Heal the Bay’s “Beach Bummer” list.

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In Orange County, 34 beaches landed on the honor roll and many throughout Los Angeles and San Diego earned similar A+ marks, except for Santa Monica Pier and, in south San Diego County, four ...

Silicon Beach, which encompasses parts of Culver City, Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Playa Vista and other areas southwest of Downtown L.A., has become a veritable Silicon Valley of Southern California.

The city of Santa Monica is considering implementing a beach curfew following several violent, late-night crimes.