Santa Monica

Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States, incorporated on November 30, 1886. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, West Los Angeles on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.

Due in part to an agreeable climate, Santa Monica became a famed resort town by the early 20th century. The city has experienced a boom since the late 1980s through the revitalization of its downtown core, significant job growth and increased tourism. The Santa Monica Pier and Pacific Park remain popular destinations.

Santa Monica in The Valley-Westside War
Santa Monica was completely obliterated by an atomic bomb during the war of 1967. It remained an empty wasteland 130 years later.