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Last waves of Summer

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Surfer Charles Danesky, 48, catches a wave at Venice Beach on Friday, September 22, 2006 during the last day of summer.

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Farewell Summer

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A couple walk by a crashing wave at the Venice jetty on Friday, September 22, 2006 during the last day of Summer, marking the fall equinox.
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All fired up

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Art student Nick Jones, 24, works on his 'Snaggle-tooth Dragon' during professor Don Hartman's glass blowing class at  Santa Monica College on Thursday, September 21, 2006.
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A woman's eye

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Elnara Baschung, 27, puts her sculpture titled, 'What ever you see' into the art display cabinet during professors Don Hartman's (left) sculpting class at  Santa Monica College on Thursday, September 21, 2006. "I am fascinated by a woman's body, I think its beautiful and want to point it out." said Baschung.
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Woman by Weinstein

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(top) Artist Robert Weinstein, 77, dusts off his sculptures titled 'Woman' which is being displayed at the Santa Monica College's library on Thursday September 21, 2006. The sculpture is made from 230 million year old Kansas limestone with embedded fossils. (bottom) Weinstein places his sculpture made of Alabaster and copper into the art display cabinet during professors Don Hartman's sculpting class at  SMC.

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Dog tired

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Laroche, 53, uses his 10-year-old shepherd mix, Spike, as a pillow while taking a nap at Santa Monica’s Muscle Beach.

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Getting greased

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Lorenzo Lamas, (left) Jeff Conaway (middle) and Randal Kleiser (director) of Grease perform a sing-along at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, September 20, 2006 celebrating the DVD release of the Grease Rockin’ Rydell Edition. Some of the original cast of ‘Grease’ showed up as part of the pier’s outdoor movies, shown every Tuesday on the west parking deck.
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Kenickie

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Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie on Grease, poses in a 1960 Buick Invicta at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday September 19 2006, during the celebration of the DVD release  Grease Rockin'  Rydell Edition.
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