Santa Monica Boy Scouts from Troop 2 rescue Bruce & Shari Weiller from a car crash at one of eight simulated disaster sites on Monday, May 11, 2009, during a mock disaster, known as "Blood Monday." Dozens of people were the victims of several disasters that occurred on Monday including a serious car crash, a pool disaster and a drive-by shooting. About 90 boy scouts participated in the training exercises held at various locations north Montana Avenue. Every other Spring, Troop 2 stages a mock disaster, known as Blood Monday, in concert with the Santa Monica Police Department, Fire & Rescue Crews, and local hospitals. This gives the Scouts the opportunity to practice the First Aid and Emergency Preparedness skills they have been learning since joining Troop 2. Just like any disaster, the date is not announced in advance. Scouts are called and expected to respond within a moment's notice. They arrive with their "always prepared" First Aid Kits and go to work saving lives wherever they are directed. Troop 2 is fortunate to have many doctors, nurses, and health personnel among its parent population, and they critique the boys' responses and abilities in the face of "mock" disaster.

MC/Ringmaster Philip Solomon and Stilt Circus performers Star Child and Eros Blox entertain people at the Santa Monica Pier on Monday while promoting this Saturday's "Sideshow at the Pier." "Sideshow at the Pier" is part of an ongoing centennial celebration which is an eclectic event that celebrates the roots (and midway spirit) of the Pier with show stopping performances from the largest gathering of variety acts, circus artists, vaudevillians and buskers seen on the Santa Monica Pier in a hundred years. "Sideshow at the Pier" is this Saturday, May 16, 2009 from 2pm-8pm

 Hundreds of people visit the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, May 10, 2009, during Mothers day.

(top) Santa Monica Mayor Ken Genser talks with Jan Tucek, who hails from the Czech Republic and just completed his two-week drive along Route 66 on Sunday, May 10, 2009, at the Santa Monica Visitors Center Kiosk. Mayor Genser was welcoming guests in celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week which emphasizes social and cultural benefits created by travel and tourism. (above) Mayor Ken Genser welcomes Steve Bennecke and his wife Barbara, who just drove in from San Bernardino along Route 66 on Sunday.

(1) Wendy Pan walks down the re:Fashion Catwalk during the 18th Annual Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park on Saturday, May 9, 2008. Children turned newspapers into wearable fashions during the recycled art workshops, then modeled them on the re:Fashion Catwalk. (4) Nestor Santiago (right) and his cousin Esteban Gonzales spell their name on a handmade belt during the festival. (5) GLANK performs during the festival. GLANK is a "green" percussion performance art group that utilizes multiple anonymous performers in Clean Room Suits, audience interaction, multi-media elements, unique percussion inventions, and recycled materials. (6) Zimbabwean artist Julia Chigamba from Masanga Marimba dances during the 18th annual Santa Monica Festival at Clover Park on Saturday, May 9, 2009.

Contestant Slim Diamond answers questions from Host Theresa Strasser while tapping a Game Show Network's (GSN) pilot game show at the Third Street Promenade on Thursday, April 16, 2009. GSN is an industry-leading, game content provider distributing competition programming through its 66-million subscriber cable television network and its casual and skill-based online games portal, GSN.com. As the premier television network for games, GSN produces some of the most popular original casino and game show series on TV today.

Arlene Nieves, owner of Westside Hand Therapy, tests Dimitry Polyakov with the Dynamometer during the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's Health and Wellness Festival at the Third Street  Promenade on Saturday, May 2, 2009.

(top) President of the Santa Monica Anthropology Club, LeeAnne Bowman-Carpio, (left) and member David Lopez (right) dance with a skeleton during Club Row on Thursday, April 30,2009.  (above) SMC Cosmology student Fiona Bates, 34, (left) and Alita griffin, 19, (right) style Faranak Ershadi's, 38, hair during Club Row. The annual event is designed for many clubs at SMC to recruit members and raise funds. Club participants set up colorful booths across the Library Walkway, where they discussed their activities to prospective members and attract a multitude of students with promises of food and prizes. The event turnes out new club devotees and at least a spark of interest in many others.