• Surfside Beach won’t have grand-opening ceremony for new pier until fall, mayor says

    SURFSIDE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- The town of Surfside Beach plans to wait until the fall to officially celebrate its newly opened pier. "We want every pier business to be open and we do not want to have the ceremony in the height of tourist season, so the target is September," Mayor Robert Krouse said []

  • The Sunset Trocadero Lounge has Left the Building on The Sunset Strip

    The Sunset Trocadero Lounge has left the building on The Sunset Strip. A moving truck was seen in front of the woman-owned restaurant at 8280 W Sunset Boulevard as movers emptied the building. Their last night of operations was this past Saturday, March 23, 2024. “Come have one last drink with me tonight as we […] The post The Sunset Trocadero Lounge has Left the Building on The Sunset Strip first appeared on WEHO TIMES West Hollywood News, Nightlife and Events.

  • The Beach JBR Ranked Among The World's Top 10 Beaches

    It might not be summer just yet but the weather is amazing. It’s sunny, there’s a light cool breeze, it’s not too hot or humid – it’s beach weather! Beach Atlas compiled a list of the 100 best beaches in the world and ranked them in order for the Golden Beach Award 2024. Guess which …

  • Black sand, hot beaches: Welcome to Brazil's radioactive beach town

    Imagine sinking your toes into warm, black sand that's not just sun-soaked — it's radioactive. Welcome to Guarapari, a popular Brazilian coastal town where the beaches regularly register radiation levels up to 55 times higher than the U.S. average. So what's behind Guarapari's nuclear sunbathing experience? — Read the rest

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    Long Beach State wins Big West title, takes coach Dan Monson dancin' in final season with Beach

    HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Lassina Traore had a career-high 25 points, Marcus Tsohonis scored 25 and hit two clutch free throws with 3.6 seconds remaining to help No. 4 seed Long Beach State beat second-seeded UC Davis 74-70 on Saturday night in the championship game of the Big West Conference Tournament, sending coach Dan Monson

  • Skipping rocks in the sunset

    Early ice out brings back the walks on the beach at Whipple Lake in Baxter.

  • Locals respond to Sunset Skatepark vandalism

    EVANSVILLE, In. (WEHT)- With some saying "it was just a matter of time" before the new Sunset Skatepark got graffitied, a group of skaters are taking matters into their own hands, immediately working to clean it up. The new Sunset Skatepark, already loved by so many in the downtown Evansville area, was graffitied over the []

  • Our View: Redevelop Union Pier at scale

    Charleston’s Union Pier needs to be redeveloped at scale so it looks more like historic Charleston instead of any commercial district in America.   This value has long been part of our Charleston Checklist of community objectives. Why? Because up to this point, the land has essentially been public land — first owned by the city, […]

  • Shark warning posted for Laniakea Beach

    A shark warning alert has been posted for Laniakea Beach, also known as Turtle Beach.

  • Navarro pledges to be steward for Union Pier

    Local billionaire Ben Navarro pledged to be a steward, not a classic developer, for the controversial downtown redevelopment of Union Pier, the last remaining large tract of open land in historic Charleston. On Tuesday, news came that he is purchasing Union Pier from the S.C. State Ports Authority, which, in turn, is buying the old […]

  • From the archives: The first Freaknik was a picnic, with music

    Freaknik, the famous and sometimes notorious spring celebration Black college students in Atlanta, didn’t start as front-page news in Atlanta. The event was called Freaknic, beginning with a small spring break event at Spelman College in 1983. Freaknik officially ended in 1999.

  • GALLERY: Beautiful Saturday sunset photos

    Take a look at photos captured across northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio at sunset Saturday.