Leukemia and Lymphoma Team In Training runners dressed in Halloween costumes pose for a photo after completing their training run at Ocean Front Walk on Sunday, October 13, 2013. Team In Training is a fundraising program of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society which has trained over a half a million runners, walkers, triathletes, cyclists and hikers and raised over $1.3 billion to fund lifesaving research.

Bellydancer Sahar Sabry performs at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, October 12, 2013.

Couples dance the Salsa at Santa Monica Place while celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on Saturday, October 12, 2013.

A street performer who goes by 'The Pursuit of Happyness' holds a pose at the Third Street Promenade on Friday, October 11, 2013. 

Pothead the One Man band performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, October 11, 2013. Pothead hails from North Carolina and has been traveling the country street performing along the way. 

Joey Alvarez, from Santa Monica Pier Maintenance, applies an anti-graffiti coating on an Ocean-Themed mural on Tuesday, October 8, 2013. An anti-graffiti coating is a coating that prevents graffiti paint from bonding to surfaces.  If the surface is vandalized, the protective coating can be removed using a high-pressure washer, taking the graffiti with it.

(top) Stella, a 5 year old Boxer mix who was rescued by firefighers, kisses Santa Monica Fire Department Chief Scott Ferguson during a Recognition Ceremony honoring Stella and her rescuers on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. On September 14, at 07:20 a.m., the Santa Monica Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 2600 block of Hill Street. Firefighters found a well involved structure with an unconscious dog inside. Medics used a dog oxygen mask to revive Stella a female Boxer. After a visit to the veterinarian, Stella has made a full recovery. (above) Virginia Fort, Senior Campaigner from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), presents the Compassionate Fire Department Award to Santa Monica Fire Department Division Chief M. Bridges (right) and Captain J. Furrows on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. 

A Santa Monica Pier Maintenance man removes graffiti from the late David Legaspi Ocean-Themed mural under the Santa Monica Pier on Monday, September 30, 2013. Heal the Bay members and volunteers helped Legaspi paint the mural.