Elijah Emanuel (Bilingual Reggae from Panama) performs at the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009, during the 25th Anniversary Twilight Dance Series.

(TOP) Retired Captain from Anaheim Police Department Marc Hedgpeth rides Blaze, 8, through an obstacle course during California Mounted Officers Association's (CMOA) Mounted Patrol Police Horse Sensory Training and Horse Mounted Baton Course at Will Rogers State Park on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Thirty-five Mounted Police officers from ten departments from San Diego to Santa Francisco participated in CMOA's Mounted Patrol Police Horse Sensory Training and Horse Mounted Baton Course Training program at Will Rogers State Park. The class included 8 hours training exercises and drills in the area of sensory training. The officers and their mount were subjected to various types of sensory distractions often seen in day to day policing. The officers were placed in crowd control type scenarios throughout the course.

(top) Santa Monica Fire Chief Jim Hone helps Brianda Maldonado, 16, don a firefighters uniform at Santa Monica Fire station #3  during Santa Monica Human Relations Council's 'Kids with Cameras' summer photo workshop on Wednesday, Aug 12, 2009. (above) Photo students capture images at Santa Monica Firestation #3 during their weekly photo assignment. The students photos will be featured at Kids With Cameras' Community Art Show at McKinley Elementary School on Saturday, October 3.

Police Activity League (PAL) Teenager Nayla Torres takes a photo of Farmlabs latest Junker Garden at Bergamot Station's Santa Monica Museum of Art during Santa Monica Human Relations Council's 'Kids with Cameras' summer photo workshop on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009. The environmental car exhibit is a transformed 1990 Mercedes Benz 300s, planted with Australian tree ferns and irrigated by a misting system. Nayla's photos will be featured at Kids With Cameras' Community Art Show at McKinley Elementary School on Saturday, October 3.

(1) Audra Mae performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn' - Upright Cabaret at Santa Monica City Hall's lawn on Sunday, Aug 9, 2009. (2) Tony Nominee Valarie Pettiford performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn.'  (3) Brenna Whitaker performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn.' (4) Brenna Whitaker performs during the Fourth Annual 'Jazz on the Lawn' at Santa Monica City Hall's lawn on Sunday, Aug 9, 2009.

The L.A. Leggers run along the Santa Monica Boardwalk on Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. The runners are training for the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon which will be held on Sunday, March 21, 2010. L.A. Leggers is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization.Their membership includes runners, walkers and volunteer with diverse backgrounds and experience. The organization offers members training and an educational program that enables individuals to attain their own personal goals and objectives. By following their training program, ordinary people can complete an extraordinary challenge - finishing a 1/2 or full marathon.

John Dempsey operates "Tappy" at the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, August 1, 2009.

Hajj (left) and Midnight perform their Robotic Mannequinn and Poppin' dance routine at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, Aug 7, 2009.