Ocean Beach Pier

The Ocean Beach Pier is one of California’s eighteen public piers damaged, destroyed, or that remained closed in 2024, NBC 7’s M.G. Perez reports.

Ocean Beach is one of California’s public piers damaged, destroyed, or remained closed this year.

OB Pier takes another pounding from high surf, loses another piling.

San Diego city officials over the weekend unveiled the final design concept for the replacement of the iconic but beleaguered Ocean Beach Pier.

The City of San Diego held several workshops on what folks can expect from the new OB Pier. NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry gives us an inside look into the fifth and final workshop. 

The safest and most cost-effective option for the Ocean Beach Pier is to keep the structure closed to public access while the city moves forward with a long-term solution to replace the pier, the city said in August

The city says it has a plan to tear down the old one and build a new one, but it’s going to be a long process. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes has more.

While few were holding out hope that the Ocean Beach Pier, which has been closed for years, would reopen anytime soon, the city of San Diego confirmed Friday they will no longer be working toward replacing the pier and instead are looking at replacement options.

The preferred design concept of the Ocean Beach Pier replacement was unveiled at the fourth community input meeting on Saturday.

The city of San Diego unveiled a sneak peek at what a new Ocean Beach Pier might look like — one day before the fourth community workshop for the pier’s renewal project is set to take place.

A notice for demolition flyer posted on the Ocean Beach Pier’s gates is the latest sign that the pier as we know it could be going away. NBC 7’s Shandel Menezes spoke with the woman whose grandfather built the Ocean Beach Pier about what this means to the family.

The last week of 2023 left San Diego County beaches looking a bit different in 2024. Damage from high surf and storms can be seen from Imperial Beach to Del Mar — especially to our coastal piers.

Schools across San Diego County are gearing up to welcome back kids to class, but it can be a little hectic. NBC 7’s Shellye Leggett has some advice on how to help your kids finish the school year strong. 

NBC 7’s Joe Little toured several beach locations to see how things are different.

High surf conditions were causing more damage to the Ocean Beach Pier. NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada reports on Dec. 31, 2023.

Hundreds of people are heading to San Diego’s coasts to see the king tides. But the large waves are causing significant damage to one of San Diego’s most iconic landmarks: the Ocean Beach Pier.

The pier will be closed through the winter after city officials deemed it to be unsafe. NBC 7’s Joe Little reports.

The Ocean Beach Pier will remain closed for the remainder of 2023 and through early 2024, the city announced Wednesday.