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

Mans best friend

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A man runs with his Jack Russell Terrier along the Santa Monica Boardwalk on Friday May 25, 2006.
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Blue and Gold

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Balloons fly over City Hall in Santa Monica on Thursday, May 25, 2006.

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Public Beach Club Rally

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'Friends of 415' held a beach party rally at Santa Monica City hall to support the one-a-kind public beach club purposed for Santa Monica State Beach at the former Marion Davies Estate. The city council will take a final vote on whether or not to approve the $75 million dollar public beach club project.
Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2006 at 08:42PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Fruitful lessons

 

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Darra Adler, 25, the farmers market coordinator, shows off a head of purple cauliflower and  some red cherries to a group of kindergartners from Edison Elementary school at the Thirds Street Promenade on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. (Room #7, Teacher is Ms. Martinez)

Masters of disaster

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John Pacheco, executive director of the Santa Monica Red Cross, discusses Tsunami Emergency  procedures and role plays many  possible scenarios relating to a Tsunami hitting Ocean Park. The Drill was staged at the Santa Monica Red Cross on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. The drill was performed in real time. All phone call were actually made by the staff, board members and volunteers of the Santa Monica Red Cross. They called many local agencies in order to coordinator relief efforts. "This is a facsimile drill...and...can we use your parking lot for 200 beds?" said Pacheco over a telephone line durring the drill.
Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 at 02:44PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

The birth of a flower

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Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 10:02PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Clean sweep

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A city waste crew sweeps the boardwalk as workers refill the Pico storm drain with sand in preparation for the coming summer months. The work, done last week,was lost after Monday’s rain, which breached the drain’s new seal.

Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 04:01PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Skeleton crew

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Crew dismantles 'Ashes and Snow' on Tuesday May 23, 2006
Posted on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 03:57PM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint