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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...