D.A.R.E. - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Santa Monica Police  Officers Austin Brown and Jennifer Rodriguez facilitate D.A.R.E.  (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to fifth grade students at Grant Elementary School on Tuesday, February 8, 2011.

D.A.R.E.   is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.

D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.

The D.A.R.E. program enables students to interact with police officers or sheriffs in a controlled, safe, classroom environment. This helps students and officers meet and understand each other in a friendly manner, instead of having to meet when a student commits a crime, or when officers must intervene in domestic disputes and severe family problems. 

Crew from Catalina Pacific Concrete fill a wall with cement of the new state-of-the-art restroom at 2030 Ocean Front Walk on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. This is one of eight new restrooms buildings being replaced or renovated to comply with acceptability standards. The new facilities will incorporate sustainable features and enhanced amenities. Approximately $3 million has been budgeted for the design and construction of the facilities. Completion is scheduled for May of 2011. The restrooms are designed by Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects.

Jazz singer Sony Holland performs at the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Sunday, February 6, 2011.

Caught in the Net - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Roosevelt Elementary Schoolwide Read-a-Thon Flash Mob - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Myles Hayutin specialist from Gallery M and Laura Lewkowicz discuss Alex Guofeng Cao's pixelated chromogenic prints during the opening night reception of the  20th Annual International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition and ArtLA Projects at the Santa Monica Civic Center on Thursday, January 13, 2011.

Over the past 20 years Photo L.A. has earned a reputation as one of the foremost art fairs and the leading photo-based events in the country representing the finest galleries from around the globe. Photo LA 2010 runs through Sunday, January 16th and offers seminars and lectures by noted photographers.

The Tuffingtons - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

The Tuffingtons perform at the Santa Monica Farmers Market on Sunday, January 9, 2011. The Tuffingtons are a six-piece unit made up of native Angelenos, who have created their own blend of ska and disco, with a couple nods to bands like Television, Madness and Buzzcocks. They have called their music everything from AM punk to island-arena rock. The Tuffingtons are gaining a reputation for their live shows, which usually consist of something like animal ‘sacrifice’, and there is a very lifelike and life-size puppet. Their shows are better experienced than explained. Their debut full-length record, produced by Jacob Bercovici AKA Mr. Sandwiches (Warpaint, The Lady Tigra) will be out in the spring. Their current EP Egregious will be released this summer.