Spring Jubilee Garden Vignette - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Highlights from the Spring Jubilee Garden Vignette at Santa Monica Place and the Third Street Promenade Downtown Santa Monica on Saturday, May 4, 2013. The winners of the the Spring Jubilee Garden Vignette competition are Beth Edelstein Landscape Design & Minanda Landscape Design.

Street artist Mear One paints during Santa Monica Spring Jubilee at the Thirds Street Promenade on Saturday, May 4, 2013.

Madame Tussauds brought Elton John to Santa Monica Spring Jubilee to celebrate BritWeek at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, May 4, 2013. Madame Tussauds Hollywood is the best new wax attraction in LA, next to the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, where you can see, touch and take photos with Hollywood’s celebrities under one roof! 

A man refills his plastic bottle on the new GLOBALTAP Water Fountain - Water Refill Station at the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, May 4, 2013. 

Check out this new "Code Blue" two-way emergency communication unit at Santa Monica Beach! Code Blue is an emergency communications system that puts the user in direct communication with the Police Department. To activate the unit, the user need only push the Red Emergency button. When activated, the unit rings into the Police Department and a blue strobe light atop the unit begins flashing. Upon receiving a call from an emergency telephone a police officer will be dispatched to the emergency telephone location. The Police Department can identify the location of the Code Blue unit and establish two-way communications with the user.More Info: Code Blue Corporation. 

Heal the Bay Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Volunteer Phoebe, 17, shows baby sharks to tourists at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

2013 National Day of Prayer - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Highlights from the 23rd annual observance of the National Day of Prayer at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on Thursday, May 2, 2013. The National Day of Prayer  is an annual day of observance held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress, when people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation". Each year, the president signs a proclamation, encouraging all Americans to pray on this day. The modern law formalizing its annual observance was enacted in 1952, although it has historical origins to a mandate by George Washington, the first president of the United States.

Santa Monica National Day of Prayer Committee said this year’s theme is “Pray for America,” inspired by Matthew 12:21, “In His Name the nations will put their hope.”

Community leaders, including Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks and Fire Chief Scott Ferguson, and area pastors offered prayers for the president, governor, and other governmental leaders, the armed services, peace officers, legislators, judges, the community and nation and such topics as personal renewal and moral awakening, youth, the family, business, education, the sick, the imprisoned and persecuted, churches, missionaries and ministry organizations.

Check out the Santa Monica Fire DepartmentFirefighters in their new Polaris Ranger Crew Medical Transport Vehicle at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The emergency vehicle is designed to carry one patient, one EMS attendant and assorted emergency gear in tight spaces. The emergency vehicle will be stationed at the pier for quick access during the construction project. The SMFD were surveying the pier and training in their new emergency vehicle.