Pacific Park Papers

Stay up to date with all things Pacific Park, the West Side & the Santa Monica Pier.


Banda Municipal de Zarcero from Costa Rica will preform at the west end of the pier on December 27, just days before marching in the 2024 Rose Parade in Pasadena. At the end of the year, people from all over the world travel to Pasadena, CA, to watch one of the longest-running parades that celebrates […]

The Pacific Wheel se iluminará de rojo y verde con divertidos temas festivos desde el viernes 15 de diciembre hasta el sábado 30 de diciembre para las vacaciones. The Pacific Wheel destacará colores y patrones brillantes y relucientes de la temporada navideña, incluyendo un muñeco de nieve de tamaño gigante de 90 pies de altura […]

The Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel will be lit red and green with fun festive themes on Friday, December 15 to Saturday, December 30 for the holidays. Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier’s Ferris wheel will highlight bright and shimmery colors and patterns of the holiday season including a 90-foot-tall, super-sized snowman animated to […]

Gary Nissley, a dedicated music collector and former DJ at KPCC who passed away in 2021, curated a unique collection of sounds from the bygone era of Pacific Ocean Park. This iconic amusement park, often referred to as “P.O.P,” was established in 1958 on the site of the former Ocean Park Pier and Santa Monica […]