Santa Monica debuts SoCal’s first outdoor Entertainment Zone with weekend open-container drinking on the Third Street ...

The city of Santa Monica has passed a motion that will turn its 3rd Street Promenade area into an “entertainment zone,” allowing adults aged 21 and over to consume alcohol as they walk outdoors.

The city approved the zone as part of a broader effort to boost business on the promenade, an area where blocks are closed to ...

The Santa Monica City Council unanimously approved the creation of a new “Outdoor Entertainment Zone” in the area.

Once Santa’s Monica’s signature destination for shopping and dining, the Third Street Promenade is showing its age. Its decline has left the promenade’s landlords and city officials trying ...

Imagine walking down Santa Monica's iconic Third Street Promenade with a drink in hand and soaking in the Southern California sun. That could be a reality soon, after city leaders gave the green ...

The large banner draped across an empty storefront on the Third Street Promenade carries an eye-catching message for crowds of holiday shoppers: “Santa Monica IS NOT safe,” it reads ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On Monday, the debate over outdoor ...

Donate now. The Santa Monica City Council is slated to vote Tuesday on whether to allow people on the pedestrianized Third Street Promenade to sip on an alcoholic beverage — en plein air.

Lupe Gonzalez has lived in Santa Monica for more than 30 years and always considered her neighborhood safe. Earlier this year, she got a new job as a store manager at Sand ’n Surf shop on Third ...

Once Santa's Monica's signature destination for shopping and dining, the Third Street Promenade is showing its age. Its decline has left the promenade's landlords and city officials trying to ...