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, ...

The recent rainfall and increased debris from fire zones have prompted Los Angeles County public health officials to issue an advisory and close several miles of coastline from Malibu to Playa del Rey ...

PLAYA DEL REY — A sewage spill prompted Los Angeles County health officials on Thursday, May 9, to order a beach and ocean water closure for two miles of coastline in the Marina del Rey and Playa del ...

California, a Pacific Ocean paradise, is well known for its beautiful, pristine beaches from the bohemian paradise of Laguna Beach to some other underrated California beaches that people might not ...

A homeless encampment that neighbors said had been growing at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey was taken down on Thursday, city officials said. The encampment was occupying a large slice of the ...

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PLAYA DEL REY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Southern California has been hit with some rain and strong winds lately, and Playa Del Rey residents say that doesn't help their growing ship graveyard. Residents ...

Playa Del Rey Beach is seen in April 2020.. A 14,400-gallon sewage spill from Ballona Creek forced Los Angeles County public health officials to close surrounding beaches. (Allen J. Schaben / Los ...

Armed with trash bins and backhoes, authorities swiftly removed a series of homeless encampments along Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles on Thursday. On Wednesday, signs posted and distributed to ...

About a mile of beach in the Marina del Rey and Playa del Rey areas remained closed on Friday, Sept. 8, due to a 10,000-gallon sewage spill. According to the county Department of Public Health, the ...