Santa Monica Democratic Club organizes peaceful protest with city support. Police Chief Batista assures safety measures in place to protect free speech during the event.

Santa Monica debuts SoCal’s first outdoor Entertainment Zone with weekend open-container drinking on the Third Street ...

Santa Monica debuts SoCal’s first outdoor Entertainment Zone with weekend open-container drinking on the Third Street ...

Santa Monica's Entertainment Zone, which allows for drinking alcohol outdoors, opened with a soft launch Friday, June 13.

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.

Santa Monica’s Entertainment Zone, which allows for outdoor drinking of alcohol along part of the city’s Third Street ...

SANTA MONICA - Starting this weekend, visitors to the Third Street Promenade can drink alcoholic beverages outdoors as Santa Monica rolls out its new Entertainment Zone - the first of its kind in ...

Santa Monica’s Entertainment Zone, which allows for outdoor drinking of alcohol along part of the city’s Third Street ...

The city approved the zone as part of a broader effort to boost business on the promenade, an area where blocks are closed to ...