Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay, an environmental advocacy group, has been awarded a $30,000 Whale Tail grant funded in part by Whale Tail license plate sales to support the Adopt-A-Beach program.

At which beaches are you more likely to get sick? Heal the Bay releases a look at what beaches earned high marks, and which struggle with water quality.

Heal the Bay has released its annual report ranking the dirtiest and cleanest beaches along the West Coast.

The environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay released its annual Beach Report Card on Thursday and for the fourth year in a row, the beach at the Santa Monica Pier has made the beach bummer list ...

The organization's Beach Report Card ranks the most polluted and cleanest beaches in the state based on water quality tests from April 2024 to March 2025, evaluating harmful bacteria levels.