It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

Carmen Consoli


Italy’s top female singer-songwriter Carmen Consoli performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Her CD, Eva Contro Eva, which debuted at No. 1 on Italian charts, has now been released in the U.S.
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Juana Molina

Argentian folk-electronic musician Juana Molina performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Molina started her career in 1988 as a comedic television actress in Argentina on the show La Noticia Rebelde. She later starred in Juana y sus hermanas, a hit sketch show across the Spanish-speaking world, for which she remains better known in Latin America.

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Samantha Crain


Samantha Crain performs at the Santa Monica Pier during the 24th Annual Twilight Dance Series on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Crain is a rural folk musician from Shawnee, Okla.
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Lieutenant  Semko


Santa Monica Police Sergeant Kenneth Semko  swears in as a Lieutenant at City Hall on Thursday, August 14, 2008, during a SMPD Promotion Ceremony.  Semko has been with the SMPD for 17 years. 

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Lifesavers


Santa Monica Police Chief Timothy J. Jackman (left) awards Officers Austin Brown (center) and his partner Richard Verbeck (right) with the Lifesaving Medal at City Hall on Thursday, August 14, 2008, during a SMPD Promotion Ceremony. Officers Brown and Verbeck received the award for saving a child's life who was choking.
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Medal of Valor



Santa Monica Police Chief Timothy J. Jackman (center) awards Officers John Gallagher (right) and his partner Scott Pace (left)   the 'Medal of Valor' at City Hall on Thursday, August 14, 2008, during a SMPD Promotion Ceremony. Officers John Gallagher and Scott Pace were involved in a mufti-city pursuit of car-jack suspect which ended in a gun battle leaving suspect fatally wounded. Suspect fired multiple shotgun blasts at officers Gallagher and Pace. -  An act of valor is defined as: above and beyond the call of duty; and exhibiting exceptional courage, extraordinary decisiveness and presence of mind; unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his or her personal safety, in an attempt to save or protect human life.
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Sunset spin




Passengers ride  the Pacific Wheel at sunset on Tuesday August 12, 2008.
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Pacific Park


Thrill-seekers  ride on the Sea Draogn, a swinging wooden ship with two lifelike dragon heads, at Pacific Park on Friday, August 8, 2008. The ship moves back and forth in a 180-degree arc.

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