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Sohei Onaka, left, and Chie Onaka play a game of tumbling timbers on Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)
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A crowd gathers to watch a performance from Acrobat All Stars on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)
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People walk along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)
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