An artist paints a new sign at El Texate Restaurant on Friday, April 20, 2013. El Texate Restaurant serves authentic Oaxacan cuisine and specializing in moles from Southern Mexico. Full Bar, featuring one hundred and eighty two tequilas. Happy hour is from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. The restaurant is family owned and operate. They are located at 316 Pico Blvd.

A fisherman show-off a crab he caught from the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, April 20, 2013. 

Gardeners from TruGreen Landcare install new sod grass at the Santa Monica Pier Sea Dragon Park on Friday, April 20, 2013.

HYPE Performance Trainer Ruben Lawrence (center) leads a workout class at Santa Monica Beach on Thursday, April 18, 2013.

Meet ‘Giant Robot.’ (aka Kristof Erkiletian) He hails from Planet Nerd. Kristof spent 250 hours building his costume, which weighs 110 pounds and stands 9 feet tall. It’s made from recycled parts. (Third Street Promenade, Wednesday, April 17, 2013)

Runners run on the Santa Monica Bike path during an impromptu marathon dubbed, 'Run for Boston', in honor and memory of Monday's fatal attack of the Boston Marathon. (Santa Monica Beach, Wednesday, April 17, 2013)

Otis Kite Festival - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Kites fly high above Santa Monica beach during the second annual Otis Kite Festival on Sunday, April 14, 2013. The event was created as a celebration of all kites for families and communities throughout Los Angeles. Children from Urban Compass, the Junior Blind of America, Children’s Bureau and St Jude Children’s Hospital created and flew their own lightweight kites. Tom Van Sant (MFA ’57), world-renowned artist and creator of this event, flew many of his famous kites. Tom was joined by fellow noted kite artists from the western United States.