It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Is your pet in shape?

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Kelly Bailey, a Veterinarian Tech for Hill's, weighs Celia Evans' three-year-old Brindle Terrier 'Roxy' at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007 during a promotion. Roxy weighed in at 48.8 pounds. Bailey checks Roxy's body condition by feeling for her ribs, checking her waist line and looking for a tuck tummy. Roxy past all the test and is determined to be fit.
Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2007 at 08:59AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

SMFD's Fire Training Academy

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Seven Santa Monica Fire Department recruits go through a 'Hot Drill' on Friday, Feb. 16, 2007 at the Fire Training Academy. The recruits go through an intense one year training program consisting of 2 months at the academy and 10 months in the field before becoming official firefighters.
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 at 09:17PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Chief's Beat

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1) Santa Monica Police Chief Tim Jackman visits with Rick Turney, CO-owner of A & R Textbooks on Pico Boulevard on Thursday, Feb 15, 2007during Chiefs Jackman's neighborhood walk. SMPD Chief Jackman, Mayor Richard Bloom,  fellow officers and about a dozen neighbors walked throughout the Pico community greeting and visiting with the residents and business owners. 2) SMPD Chief  Jackman talks to Tom Ford, 37, while he pushes his 5 month-old son Jasper on Thursday during  the neighborhood walk. Mayor Bloom walks on the left.
Posted on Friday, February 16, 2007 at 08:25AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Jumping hurdles

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Santa Monica College track star, Robert Collins, 19, who is nationally ranked, runs ahead of the pack during the Western State Conference and wins the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.56 on Thursday, Febuary 15, 2007 at SMC.
Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 09:28PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Million Dollar Baby

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Virginia Ave Park boxing coach Rudy Lopez, 69, puts Noelle Sandoval, 17, a Santa Monica High School Junior, through some boxing drills on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Sandoval has been training with 'Coach Rudy' for ther last 6 months.
Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 07:35PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Pacific Wheel

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Friends from work chat at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007.
Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 10:25PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Pile driving

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'Pile Drivers' from John Meek Company Inc. pull out 'Stringers' from the Santa Monica Pier  on Tuesday Feb 13, 2007.Some sections  of the pier are rotten, cracked, split and need to be replaced.
Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 10:14PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

PAL training

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A dozen kids from Santa Monica Police Activity League (PAL)  peddle down the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday while training for the  Acura L.A. Marathon Bike Tour XIII. The bike tour will be on March 4, 2007, starting before the LA Marathon. After the cyclers start, the runners will fallow.
Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 08:21PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint