It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...
Rollin' on
Precious
Precious, a seven year old Pomeranian, models a Yankee doggie hat at 'Hats Amazing' on the Santa Monica Pier on Saturday, March 8, 2008.
59th Annual Diamond Event
Second Annual Unity Resource Festival
Super Seuss-a-bration!
(1) Actor Ed Edwards, Chairman of the Santa Monica Library Board, reads Dr. Seuss' ''Horton Hears a Who" while librarian Ann Wagner shows illustrations from the book during Kiwanis Club of Santa Monica's Super Seuss-a-bration at the Santa Monica Public Library on Saturday, March 8, 2008. (2) Actress Amy Brenneman (Private Practice) reads 'Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You' during the Super Seuss-a-bration. (3) Kindergartner Grisha Mason, 5, assists Magician/Entertainer Abbit the Average with a magic trick. (4) The Cat in the Hat, Kiwanis President Janie Harding, reads a Dr, Seuss book to first-graders Lilly Brodie, 7, (left) and Caitlin Kelly, 7, (center) at the Santa Monica Library during the event. (5) Ariel King, 3, plays with the cats hat.
Third Annual Nonprofit Festival
1) Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce President / CEO, Laurel Rosen, awards Jean McNeil Wyner with the Volunteer of the Year Award on Saturday, March 8, 2008, during the Third Annual Nonprofit Festival at the Third Street Promenade. 2) Susy Holyhead of Sustainable Works promotes sustainable practices during the nonprofit festival. There were more than 40 local nonprofit organizations participating in the festival on Saturday. 3) Scott Horner, 42, Chairman of the Board from Racers Who Care and who is the 'Land World Speed Record Holder' (217.850 Miles Per Hour), shows of his custom-built turbocharged Suzuki motorcycle during the Nonprofit Festival. 4) Dr. Gary Shapiro, Ph.D., Chairman and Cofounder of Orang Utan Republik , introduces its new costume mascot, a full size male orangutan. The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce's Nonprofit Festival was stages at the Third Street Promenade, between Wilshire Blvd. and Arizona Ave.
Jazz Man Wen Mew
Jazz Saxophonist, Wen Mew, plays "Dear Lord" by John Coltrane at the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade on Saturday, March 8, 2008.
Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway Sign
(top) Jeannette Garcia, Mother of Major Ricardo A. Crocker, speaks during the 'Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway Sign' dedication ceremony at the Santa Monica Police Activities League Center on Friday, March 7, 2008. The memorial highway sign has been placed on the Santa Monica Freeway. Maria Crocker (left), Major Crocker's sister, and SMPD Chief Timothy J. Jackman (right) also spoke during the ceremony. (above) The Third Civil Affairs Group of the United States Marine Corps (Crocker Unit) pose for a portrait with Jeannette Garcia (Maj. Crocker's mother) during the dedication ceremony. Major Ricardo A. Crocker, 39, of Mission Viejo, Calif., died from a rocket propelled grenade explosion while conducting combat operations in Hadithah, Iraq on May 26, 2005. Major Ricardo was a Santa Monica Police Officer from 1995-2005 and in the United State Marine Corps from 1989-2005.