Santa Monica establishes a Digital Display District with strict regulations and revenue-sharing model for downtown ...

SANTA MONICA - The Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday approved a Digital Display District Ordinance covering the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place, establishing rules for up to 16 ...

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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 ...

Cousins Jad Larawan, left, and Pathy Page play chess on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica last summer. A proposal would allow visitors to drink alcoholic beverages outside, turning the ...

Santa Monica is considering a proposal to allow public drinking on the Third Street Promenade. The plan aims to create an "entertainment zone" where visitors can consume alcohol openly from 8 a.m. to ...

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 ...