7:47 p.m. July 17, 2024: An earlier version of this article said that John Alle manages 15,000 square feet of space on the Promenade; some of that space is elsewhere. Once Santa's Monica's signature ...

Pickle Pop co-founders Steph McCaffrey, left, and Erin Robertson stand inside their pickleball club on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Could pickleball ...

SANTA MONICA - The city will wrap its 150th Anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 13, with a free community celebration on the Third Street Promenade featuring live performances and activities across all ...

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 ...

Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade once hosted with multitudes of shoppers, people watchers and patrons of street performers a couple of blocks from the beach. Though an estimated 10 million people ...

Lupe Gonzalez has lived in Santa Monica for more than 30 years and always considered her neighborhood safe. Earlier this year, she got a new job as a store manager at Sand ’n Surf shop on Third Street ...

The large banner draped across an empty storefront on the Third Street Promenade carries an eye-catching message for crowds of holiday shoppers: “Santa Monica IS NOT safe,” it reads, above a second ...

Once Santa's Monica's signature destination for shopping and dining, the Third Street Promenade is showing its age. Its decline has left the promenade's landlords and city officials trying to counter ...

Could pickleball be the answer to America’s big-box retail crisis? In Santa Monica, it may be a start. Pickle Pop, an indoor pickleball venue where players can reserve court time, opened its doors on ...