1) Talia Yarmand,  3 1/2, (left) and her best friend Anai Herz, 4, color with crayons  during 'Raising Readers: A Children's Literacy Festival' at Santa Monica College on Saturday, April 26, 2008. 2) Jason Telanoff, 3 1/2, blows bubbles during the children's literacy festival. 3) Parker Bent sings children songs with Elias Obrist, 5, (left) and Angelina Arroyo, 5 1/2 (center) during the festival. 4) Andre Jones, 2 1/2, blows a bubble. 5)  Jason Telanoff, 3 1/2, and Violet Brooks, 2 1/2, play with bubbles 6) Families shop for children's books at SMC on Saturday.

(top)1) Ashley Stubblefield, 14 ,(left) and, Eden Levin, 15, (right) both Alumni students from Canyon Charter School, carry cakes in the 'Cake Walk' during the Canyon Charter School's 114th Annual Fiesta on Sunday, April 27, 2008. Canyon school celebrates Fiesta in honor of the Marquez Family, who owned the land where the school stands.  Fiesta is a long tradition that brings together the school and the local community.   

Balloons fly above Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, April 26, 2008. 

(above) Founder and CEO of  02 Max Fitness, Karen Jashinsky (bottom right) leads her teenage students through a 'Bosa Ball' demonstration during the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's 26^th Annual 2008 Wellness & Safety Festival at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

(left) Sasha Petrenko, 9, and (right) Spicer Emge, 12, from the Los Angeles International Fencing Club, give a demonstration during the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's 26^th Annual 2008 Wellness & Safety Festival at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, April 26, 2008.