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

Flock together

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Two Seagulls loiter on  the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, April 3, 2008.
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Eye on the ball

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Street magician David Gabbay, 23, performs a magic trick at the Santa Monica Pier on Friday, March 28, 2008. Gabbay has been performing magic since he was 12 years old.

Father and Son

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Maurizio Trevellin flies a kite with his two and-a-half year-old son Luca at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, April 5, 2008. Trevellin is a structural engineer and a UCLA Alumni.

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Roll 'em

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Actor Michael Manning Harmon, who plays 'McGee' on NCIS  (Naval Criminal Investigative Service), films a scene at  the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, April 3, 2008. In this episode, NCIS was investigating a murder that took place under the Pier.  NCIS is a CBS network show  chronicles the operations of an elite team of special agents whose mission is to investigate any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position. Donald P. Bellisario ("JAG," "Magnum, P.I.") is the executive producer. The show premiered on September 23, 2003.

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In the fold

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TOP: (left to right) Santa Monica High School Key Club members, Justin Yoo, 15, Zoe Billington, 16,  and Taylor McKay, 16, and fold blankets during 'Kiwanis One Day' at the Santa Monica Family YMCA on Saturday April 5, 2008. Kiwanis One Day, a day when Kiwanis and its family of clubs—Kiwanis Junior, Circle K, Key Club, Aktion Club, Builders Club, and Kiwanis Kids—join forces with their communities for a day of hands-on service. A lot of good work gets done on this day, work that increases Kiwanis’ presence in the community and builds awareness about the value of service. (ABOVE) SAMO Key Club members, (L-R) Esther Cajahuaringa, CO-president Holly Elander, CO-president Clare Sim, Taylor McKay and Zoe Billington fold blankets during 'Kiwanis One Day' at the Santa Monica Family YMCA.
Posted on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 10:58AM by Registered CommenterFabian Lewkowicz in , | CommentsPost a Comment | EmailEmail | PrintPrint

Noche De César Chávez

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(1,2,3) The Edison Language Academy Parent Theatre Troupe perform a play during 'Noche De César Chávez' (César Chávez Night) on Friday, April 4, 2008. (4,5)  Edison Language Academy Kindergarten students sing songs during the celebration. (6) right to left; Preschool students Sophia Banuet, 3, and Seven Auchterlonie, 3, play with masks at the alter . (7) The PTA sells T-shirts during the celebration at ELA on Friday. The Academy is a charter school teaching an English/Spanish language curriculum to approximately 400 students in grades K-5. - César Chávez, legendary labor activist, civil rights leader and founder of the first successful farm workers union, is hailed as one of the greatest American civil rights leaders. His birthday has become a holiday in eight U.S. states. Many parks, cultural centers, libraries, schools, and streets have been named in his honor in cities across the United States.
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Human transporters

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A group takes a tour on Segways along the Santa Monica Board Walk  on Friday, March 28, 2008. The Segway PT is a two-wheeled, self-balancing electric transportation device invented by Dean Kamen and unveiled in December 2001. It is produced by Segway Inc. of New Hampshire. The name "Segway" is a homophone of "segue" (a smooth transition, literally Italian for "follows"). PT is an initialism for personal transporter while the old acronym HT was an initialism for human transporter. (source wikipedia)
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Piano Man

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Jazz Pianist Allen Barry Gordon tickles the ivory on the Third Street Promenade on Saturday, March 8, 2008.