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A Venice man said he was knocked to the ground and injured by a stranger on the Third Street Promenade during a busy Mother’s Day afternoon, in what he described as an unprovoked and jarring assault ...

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, Calif., Oct. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Museum of Illusions Santa Monica opens its doors tomorrow, October 24, unveiling a jaw-dropping, brain-twisting adventure in the heart of the iconic ...

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 ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (CNS) -- A Santa Monica Third Street Promenade property owner is suing the city, alleging two topiaries sculpted as dinosaurs are home to rodents that roam near where people are ...

Santa Monica planning commissioners on Wednesday reviewed a controversial proposal to allow up to 16 large digital billboards on the Third Street Promenade and Santa Monica Place, generating ...