7:47 p.m. July 17, 2024: An earlier version of this article said that John Alle manages 15,000 square feet of space on the Promenade; some of that space is elsewhere. Once Santa's Monica's signature ...

Pickle Pop co-founders Steph McCaffrey, left, and Erin Robertson stand inside their pickleball club on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Could pickleball ...

Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade once hosted with multitudes of shoppers, people watchers and patrons of street performers a couple of blocks from the beach. Though an estimated 10 million people ...

Downtown Santa Monica, Inc. (DTSM, Inc.), has announced a lineup of events for the season. Celebrate the early days of spring with chess competitions, Conscious Markets, free outdoor movies, a Cinco ...

Santa Monica is shaking things up to bring more life and more people back to the Third Street Promenade with the approval of a proposal that will let visitors sip alcoholic drinks as they stroll ...

Santa Monica’s Entertainment Zone, which allows for outdoor drinking of alcohol along part of the city’s Third Street Promenade, opens Friday with a soft launch. Adults of legal drinking age will be ...

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In an effort to help businesses bounce back from the pandemic, Santa Monica's City Council approved a motion Tuesday that will convert its Third Street Promenade into an entertainment zone by allowing ...

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 light ...

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 counter ...

Could pickleball be the answer to America’s big-box retail crisis? In Santa Monica, it may be a start. Pickle Pop, an indoor pickleball venue where players can reserve court time, opened its doors on ...