Clark Staub from Full of Life cooks a flatbread pizza in a wood burning oven at the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Wednesday, February 9, 2011.

D.A.R.E. - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Santa Monica Police  Officers Austin Brown and Jennifer Rodriguez facilitate D.A.R.E.  (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to fifth grade students at Grant Elementary School on Tuesday, February 8, 2011.

D.A.R.E.   is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.

D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.

The D.A.R.E. program enables students to interact with police officers or sheriffs in a controlled, safe, classroom environment. This helps students and officers meet and understand each other in a friendly manner, instead of having to meet when a student commits a crime, or when officers must intervene in domestic disputes and severe family problems. 

Crew from Catalina Pacific Concrete fill a wall with cement of the new state-of-the-art restroom at 2030 Ocean Front Walk on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. This is one of eight new restrooms buildings being replaced or renovated to comply with acceptability standards. The new facilities will incorporate sustainable features and enhanced amenities. Approximately $3 million has been budgeted for the design and construction of the facilities. Completion is scheduled for May of 2011. The restrooms are designed by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.

Jazz singer Sony Holland performs at the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Sunday, February 6, 2011.