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The Santa Monica City Council voted to establish a digital display district along the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place, approving an ordinance that could generate millions in annual ...

Santa Monica has approved a motion to designate the 3rd Street Promenade as an "Entertainment Zone." It will be the first in Southern California made possibly by Senate Bill 969, which went into ...

The city of Santa Monica plans to designate the Third street Promenade as an open container area. The goal is to attract more visitors, but some business owners are concerned it’ll do the opposite.

The 3rd Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place should be among the most popular malls in the country — in reality its a deserted strip of empty storefronts. Just a few blocks from the iconic Santa ...

Santa Monica is now home to SoCal’s first “Entertainment Zone,” where tourists and residents can go on weekends to enjoy alcoholic drinks outdoors while walking around the Third Street Promenade. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...