Santa Monica Beach amid the sunset on Friday, October 29, 2010.

A seagull hovers above Santa Monica Bay on Sunday, November 21, 2010.

A flashmob breaks into a dance at Santa Monica Place while promoting the new TV show "Lives Of Style"  on Black Friday, November  26, 2010. Lives of Style highlights the “Best of The Best” in fashion, beauty and lifestyle. It features first looks at runway collections from New York, Paris and Milan and breaking news in beauty, skincare and cosmeceuticals. Lives of Style is hosted by Elisabeth Laurence, a leading Bay Area TV and print journalist. 

Daniel Selacruz, 15, hula hoops while standing on a ball at the Police Activity League during Cirque Du Monde on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Cirque du Monde (the world-famous Cirque du Soleil's outreach program) uses circus as an alternative education tool to engage at-risk youth in communities around the world. The i...mpact of Cirque du Monde goes beyond individual benefits. Working as a group the participants learn about cohesion, teamwork and respect for peers. Its effects are also visible at the community level through reconciliation between opposing groups of young people, change in the perception of the community toward youth at risk and the implementation of a dialogue between the community and its young people.



The sunset at Santa Monica on Monday, OIctober 25, 2010.

Singer-songwriter Terry Prince sings an inspirational love song at the Santa  Monica Pier on Thanksgiving morning, November 25, 2010.