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LA POSADA


LA POSADA - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Mariachis lead  a candlelight procession along 22nd Street during the Pico Neighborhood Community Posada on Thursday, December 15, 2011. A Posada is a celebration which commemorates the journey of Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem in search of a room.

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ITS A WRAP


Its a Wrap - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Community leaders, volunteers from the Police Activities League (PAL), Bayside District Corporation and Santa Monica Place, wrap  gifts  during the  'Its a Wrap Party' at Santa Monica on Thursday, December 15, 2011.  The toys will be distributed this Saturday at Santa Monica PAL’s Holiday Workshop.

ON THE HUNT

Beverly Hills K-9 Police Officer Finn McClafferty and his partner, Max, a five year-old German Shepherd, search the Santa Monica Pier during a weekly training session on Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

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PAINTING THE TOWN

A giant paint brush and can promoting the renovation of the MGM Grand Hotel in Los Vegas is being featured at the Third Street Promenade. (December 11, 2011)

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SHARE THE HOLIDAYS

Santa Monica Police Lieutenant Calisse Lindsey and SMPD Police Activities League (P.A.L) Officer Austin Brown transport toys from Shutters at the Beach to Santa Monica Police Activity League during the annual Share the Holidays Reception and Gift Drive on Monday, December 12, 2011. The toys will be distributed this Saturday at Santa Monica Police Activity League’s Holiday Workshop. 

Red Kettle Day 

Former Santa Monica Police Department Chief, Inglewood Mayor and MC, James T. Butts oversees as the Palisades Optimist Club counts their money during Salvation Army's  Red Kettle Day Counting Party at the Santa Monica Family YMCA on Friday, December 9, 2011. The Red Kettle campaign, the oldest annual charitable fundraiser of its kind in the United States helps raise money for those who need it most in communities nationwide - providing toys for kids, coats for the homeless, food for the hungry and countless social service programs year-round.

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BIG JUMP

Reina Alvarez, 31, and Sandy Gallardo, 21, jump into the ocean from the Santa Monica Pier while participating in a Santa Monica Harbor Patrol rescue drill on Friday, December 9, 2011.

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JAZZ ON THE PIER

The Bentleigh Secondary College jazz band, who hails from Millburn Australia, performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, December 9, 2011.

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