From Santa Monica Close Up:

"City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works sanitation workers in white hazardous materials suits, with Action Environmental Services, Inc., clean-up homeless encampments at Venice Beach restrooms on Friday, February 3, 2023. Park Rangers were onsite during the cleanup. The Venice Beach clean-ups are conducted every Friday."

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From Santa Monica Close Up:

" Professional Sand Castle Builder Greg Leon builds a NASCAR themed sand castle at Santa Monica Beach on Friday, February 3, 2023. The sand castle is a promotion for NASCAR’s season-opening Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum Race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday. "

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Free admission to Santa Monica History Museum this Sunday, February 5th.

Surfing at the Venice Beach Pier on December 13, 2022. Video edited from our Instagram Story footage of this day.

Worker cleaning up the flooded Venice Boardwalk while a vendor nearby removes an angry homeless lady from the front of his business.

A man was foun d dead in his car in Venice Beach.

The man, who living in his car in Venice Blvd at the intersection of Abbot Kinney, was discovered around 8:43 p.m. on Wednesday.

LAFD released this statement:

"After obtaining a better view of the inside of the vehicle (despite condensation on the windows obstructing their view), firefighters discovered that the reported propane inside the vehicle was coming from small camping-style propane bottles. While the exact circumstances are unknown, it *appears* to have been an unhoused man (approx 70 years old) who was trying to stay warm in an enclosed space (propane-powered heat lamp) and, sadly, succumbed to accidental asphyxiation (oxygen displaced by leaking propane)."

The righthand lanes of northbound and southbound PCH will be closed from Big Rock Drive to Tuna Canyon Road weeknights, 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, January 23 to approximately March 23 for Southern California Gas Company gas line repair work. The work is required to enable Caltrans to proceed with slope restoration work on the coastal side of PCH south of Big Rock Drive. Crews will replace and relocate two steel gas lines, requiring digging a trench that will be covered by a steel plate during the day. Some daytime work may be required. Residents and businesses near the work site may notice noise, vibrations and dust.

Surfing at Tower 26 in Ocean Park, Santa Monica on December 12th, 2022.

All clips come from our Instagram Stories of this session.

The City of Malibu reports that they busted up a local cars & coffee meet.

"An unpermitted “Zuma Cars & Coffee” auto event took place Sun, Jan 22 at Aviator Nation on PCH by the Malibu Pier. The event was not affiliated with the City. City Code enforcement issued a citation. Sheriff's Department was on site & issued 11 moving violation & 10 parking citations."