It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Up the rope
A girl climbs up a rope at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach on Sunday, July 22, 2007.




Heavy load




Muscle Beach




Operation Smile
Via Gin gives a pedicure to Edie Tobias as Eva Chung gives her a manicure during the Operation Smile Benefit on Sunday at the Main Attraction Nail & Spa. One hounded percent of all the salon sales from the weekend were donated to Operation Smile. Operation Smile is a worldwide medical charity that has treated more than 100,000 childrenborn with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities.




Samba Mapangala




Rama Mutungunja





Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca
Jose Conde performs during the Twilight Dance Series on the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, July 19, 2007.




Rosie's Girl
1) Eighth grader Ella Rogers-Fett, 13, repels down the Santa Monica Fire Departments Training Tower wall during Rosie's Girls Camp on Thursday, July 19, 2007. Rosie's Girls Santa Monica is based on a national program designed to build self-esteem, leadership and physical confidence in middle school girls. During the three week intensive summer camp, girls go "behind the scenes" and experience what it takes to maintain the city by learning and applying skills in carpentry, welding firefighting, tree trimming and other technical trades. 2) SMFD Engineer Dirk Bailey puts Rosieis girls through a fire hose drill. Front to back-right to left are; Emily Shiever, 12, Alexandra Clark, 10, Mollie Bernstein, 11, and Service Cultural Leader Maria Oliveri, 19. 3) Emily Shiever, 12, Alexandra Clark, 10, drag a dummy through a tunnel to safety during a 'Confined Space Rescue Drill" 4) Firefighter Matthew Bailey demonstrates how to remove the doors from a car with the 'Jaws of Live' during Rosie's Camp. 5) Rosie's girls examine the windshield.



