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Designated. August 17, 1976 [ 1] The Santa Monica Pier is a large pier at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California, United States. It contains a small amusement park, concession stands, and areas for views and fishing. [ 2][ 3] The pier is part of the greater Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area .
Santa Monica State Beach. / 34.01500°N 118.50167°W / 34.01500; -118.50167. Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica. [ 1][ 2] The beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long and has parks, picnic areas, playgrounds, restrooms, as well as staffed lifeguard ...
The California moray is one of the featured local species on display. This California two-spot octopus is 3–4 months old.. Heal the Bay Aquarium, previously named the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, is a private-public aquarium at a California State Beach Park managed by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, located beneath the Santa Monica Pier, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean.
Venice, Los Angeles. / 33.99083°N 118.45917°W / 33.99083; -118.45917. Venice is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it was annexed by Los ...
Designated. 1964. Small tar pit. The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pitch; brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
Los Angeles County is one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. [ 8] The county originally included parts of what are now Kern, San Bernardino, Riverside, Inyo, Tulare, Ventura, and Orange counties. In 1851 and 1852, Los Angeles County stretched from the coast to the state line of Nevada. [ 9]
The Los Angeles County Fire Department ( LACoFD) provides firefighting and emergency medical services for the unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, California, [ 1] as well as 59 cities through contracting, including the city of La Habra, [ 4] which is located in Orange County and is the first city outside of Los Angeles County to ...
A Princess Cruises ship crashed into a pier in San Francisco as it was preparing to dock after a 10-day Alaskan cruise, officials said. The 113,561-ton Ruby Princess “made unexpected contact ...