Marzia Maschio, 26, who hails from Italy and is here on a work internship, looks for a Valentine gift for her boyfriend, who she's been dating for a year on Monday, at Aahs on Wilshire Blvd.

1) Santa Monica College Students walk to  class on the first day of the Spring Semester on Monday Feb 12, 2007. 2) Hundreds of Santa Monica College students wait in long lines to buy their school supplies during the first day of the spring semester. Although the lines were long, average wait was only about 20 minutes 3) Santa Monica College Students walk past the new Theatre Arts Building on Monday.

Guest observe the Nordic Lattitudes Exhibit at the Santa Monica Main Library on Saturday, Feb. 10 2007. The  exhibition of classic modern design and lifestyle is an educational exhibit showcasing the best in Nordic furniture and lighting design. The exhibit began last week and runs through  March 18, 2007. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Kiki Saker, 6, looks through her binoculars in search of a Pacific Gray Whale as her mother, Heather Thompson looks on  during  Heal the Bay and the  Santa Monica Pier Aquarium's “Whale of a Weekend” on Saturday. The annual migration of the Pacific gray whale migrates from Alaska to the warm lagoons of Baja California about this time each year. The whales tend to stay in the peninsula for several months in efforts to mate and give birth to their calves before traveling back up to the chilly arctic. The gray whales’ annual migration habits are one of the longest of all mammals (approximately 10,000 to 14,000 milesround trip), according to the American Cetacean Society. Each year, they begin their southward journey right before the winter, taking between two and three months to arrive at the lagoons.

French actor and mime Jacques Pierre Jean Benard performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, 10, 2007.

UCLA Circle Key president Keith Wong forms the word 'gadget' during the UCLA Key Club Scrabble Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 10 2007 at the Santa Monica Family YMCA. Wongs team members Ronald Davis, the Santa Monica Kiwanis president  and UCLA Circle Key member Grace Chi look on.

Santa Monica Fire Department Captain George Menta, 54, and Firefighter Eric Nagao, 25, run along the beach carrying their hand-held radios while on call during their shift on Saturday, Feb 10, 2007. Menta has been with SMFD for the past 31 years and is planning to retire in May. Nagao has been with the department for 11 months. Pointing to the Ocean Tower High Rise, Menta remarked, "You have to be in good shape to carry 125 pounds of equipment up five flights of stairs. We can't take the elevator." After the run, they headed back to the station to lift some weights.