Equal rights activists march along the Venice Boardwalk wearing pasties during the 6th annual national Go Topless Day on Sunday, August 25, 2013.The Go-Topless Day rally was meant to proclaim women’s constitutional right to go bare-chested in public. Gotopless.org claims constitutional equality between men and women on being topless in public. Currently, women who dare to be topless in public in the US are repeatedly being arrested, fined, humiliated, criminalized. Many states in the US have adopted the right for women to be topless in public. HOWEVER, in many cases, local ordinances and discriminatory practices result in women STILL being unable to be topless in the same area as men. The purpose of Go Topless Day is top point out the discrimination in these ordinances. The annual national Go Topless Day protest falls on the exact day that the original womens rights bill was signed into effect giving women ALL the same rights that men have. Members of gotopless.org will be giving a petition in Washington DC and requesting an audience with the president to enforce womens rights and make the ordinances either eliminate the ordinance OR remove the name female or woman in the ordinance which will give them the right to cite MEN as well as women for baring thier nipples. To read more about the ordinances, find a city close to you where the parade will be held, donate to help the cause, or get other information please go to www.gotopless.org

Elizabeth Bennett from 220 Fitness teaches a Yoga Sculpt class during the Endless Summer Soulstice on Sunday, August 25, 2013.

A mermaid came ashore at Santa Monica today. She was promoting Got2b Beach Trippin' hair products. Make everyday a day at the beach with Got2b beach tripping salt infusion waving spray. For that alluring mermaid look you crave with textured, wind blown, voluminous waves and tousled beachy tresses. Natural salts infuse a deliciously rough texture and piecey waves. Formulated with moisturizing ingredients so there's no crunch. Whether you're in the sun or shade, get crazy for mermaid waves. Scrunch or tousle, as desired. (Santa Monica, Ocean Front Walk, Saturday, August 24, 2013) 

Stella, a 7 year old Welsh Corgi, hangs 20 during the during the Twilight Dance Concert at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, August 22, 2013. The photo op was sponsored by Rusty's Surf Ranch.

Santa Monica Police Department patrol the beach during the Twilight Dance Concert on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Photo by Rachel O'Meara

Nick Waterhouse and the Tarots perform at the Santa Monica Pier during the Twilight Dance Concert on Thursday, August 22, 2013.

Piano prodigy Ethan Walmark, a 7 year-old with Autism, plays and sings 'Piano Man' by Billy Joel at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, August 22, 2013. Ethan is self taught and plays by ear. He started playing the piano when he was only 18 months-old.