With year-round average temperatures of 70 degrees, world-class surf breaks, and a vibrant yet laidback community, Ventura has “classic California surf town” written all over it.

A damaged Ventura Pier was closed Friday morning as high surf pounded coastal areas and flooded neighborhood streets amid what forecasters called the “largest surf event of the season.” Patrol ...

Ventura Pier was reinspected Thursday morning, and no damage was found, according to the city's Emergency Services Manager Mack Douglass. Ventura Harbor saw minor issues because of the high surf ...

VENTURA, Calif. – The Aloha Beach Festival coincides with the 37th Annual C Street Classic surf competition in Ventura. It's a surf and skate challenge off the coast and along the promenade.

Photography wasn’t a part of the business, ... “My dad and uncles grew up surfing the Ventura and Santa Barbara areas and it was my dad who taught me to surf,” Bott said.

High surf lashes the shore in Southern California on Dec. 29, 2023. (KTLA) Hermosa beach pier is seen as rough surf breaks along the beach in Manhattan beach, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023.

Just northwest of Los Angeles, 15 to 20 onlookers were briefly swept away after a large wave overtook a beach barrier in a Ventura neighborhood hit by high surf, police Cmdr. Ryan Weeks told CNN.

Ventura County was particularly hard hit. In Ventura County, waves of up to 12 feet have already been reported, and the Central Coast has seen 18- to 20-foot swells, said Mike Wofford with the ...

An evacuation warning has been issued for a part of Ventura due to high surf impacting structures in the area. According to Ventura County officials, the warning was issued shortly after 10 a ...