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Shipwreck
A man looks at the wreckage of a 30-foot sailboat at Venice Beach on Friday, May 28, 2010. The sailboat washed ashore amid near-gale conditions on Sunday with no one on board. The boat’s skipper, Tom Kirschbaum, 55, of Los Angeles, set off from Catalina Island for Marina del Rey on Sunday. Kirschbaum's body was found on Wednesday 4 miles off the waters of Long Beach by people aboard a charter fishing boat
Asian/Pacific Islander Celebration
LEIALOHA
Leialoha from Halau Keali'i O Nalani performs hula during the 11th Annual Asian/Pacific Islander Celebration: Tricia Allen-Polynesian Tattoo Art at Santa Monica College on Thursday, May 27, 2010.
DEDICATED
Jim Casalor, 61, (left) works out with Peter Bluementhal, 40, at the Santa Monica Family YMCA on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Bluementhal has been weight training for more than 20 years. He has competed in the California Special Olympics for 15 years and hold numerous powerlifting championship titles. He has bench pressed 253lbs and dominated his class. Bluementhal announced last October that he is retiring from competition although he will continue to workout at the Santa Monica Family YMCA. He swims laps for an hour and weightlifts with his friends every day. "I like working out at the YMCA with my friends, we are a family here," said Bluementhal.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Former Welterweight and Middleweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard hits the speed bag during Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation and B. Riley and Company's ``Big Fighters, Big Cause'' charity boxing event at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. The charity boxing event under the stars benefited the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation's work for juvenile diabetes and childhood obesity. The ProAm fight card will included several professional and amateur bouts sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and USA Boxing.
Big Fighters, Big Cause
Big Fighters, Big Cause' - Images by fabian lewkowicz
The Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation and B. Riley and Company presented “Big Fighters, Big Cause,” at the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, May 25, 2010. The charity boxing event under the stars benefited the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation's work for juvenile diabetes and childhood obesity. The ProAm fight card will included several professional and amateur bouts sanctioned by the California State Athletic Commission and USA Boxing.
JACK JOHNSON
Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter Jack Johnson performs a free concert at the Santa Monica Pier on Monday, May 24, 2010.
Relay for a Cause Route 66
Officer Randy Rolley, 50, (center) a twenty-seven year member of the Evansville Police Department, Bryan Zeller, 50, (right) of Zeller’s Master Tire and Ron Boren of Hillard Lyons walk on the Santa Monica Pier on Monday, May 24, 2010 and complete their 24 day cross-country walk 'Relay for a Cause Route66.' The walk was in honor of Police Week and to recognize the nearly 19,000 officers across the United States that have given the ultimate sacrifice for our safety. They walked approximately 5 to 7 hours a day and was assisted by twenty-five other police agencies across seven states to make up a total distance of 2250 miles. Randy, Bryan and Ron firmly believe that this is a positive way to bring attention and honor to those officers who have been killed in the line of duty, it is a way to remind our citizens and local governments that their safety and their security often comes with a price, and their subsequent hope is that in working toward a common goal, other agencies and individuals will feel compelled to donate to the cause with proceeds going to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.