Kids play on a miniature Rose Bowl football field featuring the Wisconsin Badgers and the Oregon Ducks at Santa Monica Place on Thursday, December 29, 2011.

Santa Monica Volleyball Club - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Members of the Santa Monica Volleyball Club practice at Santa Monica Muscle Beach on Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Santa Monica Volleyball Club is dedicated to the development of young women as athletes and individuals. The Club provides an opportunity for committed players, from grade school through high school, to develop their volleyball skills and participate in organized competition. It is the Club's mission to help each member become the best volleyball player she can be and to support the parents in making each player the best person she can be. The Club is committed to working with parents and local schools to provide intensive, high quality training for those players who aspire to compete at the high school and college level. The Club is also committed to economic and ethnic diversity through its scholarship program and through its association with the Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District.

Throughout each year the Club offers a variety of programs designed to provide each member with training and competition at a level which is consistent with their age, experience, skill and available time.

Rabbi Isaac Levitansky, from the Chabad in Simcha Monica, lights the giant Menorah on the last night of Chanukah  (AKA, the 8th night) at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.

Rabbi Eli Levitansky from Chabad in Simcha Monica, leads a Menorah Parade down the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, December 27, 2011.

Jonathon L. flies his electric powered helicopter (Trex 550E) at Santa Monica Chess Park on Saturday, December 17, 2011.

A person walks past The Shopping Cart Tree by Artist Anthony Schmitt at Edgemar Center on Friday, December 23, 2011.

The Attessa IV, a 332-foot super yacht complete with helipad, is currently docked in the Marina Del Rey. The impressive luxury yacht is the 27^th   largest in the world.

It belongs to Dennis Washington, a Montana industrialist worth about $4.2 billion, good enough for 88th on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans in 2008.

The Santa Monica High School Lacrosse team run along the boardwalk during practice on Tuesday, December 6, 2011.