On Tuesday, onlookers  sit high atop the dunes created by the Los Angeles County department of Beaches and Harbors in Venice, hoping to see some tall-reaching waves.

Jim Karanas, a student of spinning creator Johnny G, leads a spinning  class during the  five-hour "SPINNING BY THE SEA" charity ride at the first-ever Resolution Festival Walk/Run/Swim that was held at  the  SANTA MONICA PIER on New Years Day, Sunday January 1, 2006

Lucy Siam, 77, a tenant of Lincoln Place since 1974, stands in front of a new art piece titled, ‘The Tree of 180 Keys’ at Lincoln Place. The keys were made from packing materials and hang on a 24-foot-tall ‘Holiday Tree’ at the make-shift Lincoln Place tent city in Venice. The number of keys represents the number of families who were evicted to make way for a condominium development. On Dec. 6, 58 families at Lincoln Place were locked out of their homes — the largest single day eviction in the history of Los Angeles, tenants said. In March, the remaining 86 households, which
have extensions due to disability and advanced age, will be locked out as well.