Santa Monica’s Annenberg Beach House, a renovation of the old 1920s estate built by William Randolph Hearst, opens this weekend to much fanfare. ... it was used as the Sand and Sea Club.

When the motion picture industry took root in Los Angeles in the 1920s, the rich and famous would escape the heat down at the beach. The oceanfront… ...

What to Know. Annenberg Community Beach House swimming pool; Santa Monica; The pool will be open daily from June 15 through Sept. 1, 2025; $10 adult, $4 youths ages 1 to 17, $5 seniors ages 60 and ...

It reopened to the public in 2009 thanks to a grant offer from Wallis Annenberg. Her goal was to create a public beach club open to all and with no membership fees. Watch the video above for the ...

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, the Annenberg Beach House team say it’s time to bring out the champagne and raise a glass for a virtual celebration of original Beach House resident Marion Davies. The Happy ...

Artist's rendering of the Annenberg Beach House (Image via City of Santa Monica) Wallis Annenberg remembered going to the Sand & Sea Club, which is what prompted her in 2004 to become involved in ...

Her philanthropic accomplishments include the 2009 opening of the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, Los Angeles’ first and only public beach club. With Annenberg’s support, many ...

Billionaire benefactor Wallis Annenberg talks art, philanthropy and L.A. 04:52 (CBS News) For 125 years, ... She put $27 million into a Santa Monica beach club.

Just when you thought summer in Santa Monica couldn’t get any more delightfully unhinged, along comes the 13th Annual Cardboard Yacht Regatta at the Annenberg Community Beach House—a ...