Conner Jay

Daily moments

Raymonica Ballio, 14, of Seaside flies through the air in front of the Fox Theater as a part of the Riptide All Stars Cheerleading group during Tuesday's Kiddie Kapers Parade in Oldtown Salinas.
  
Jeremy Gomez, 5, of Salinas rides a bouncy ball in the Kid's Corral during Thursday's California Rodeo Salinas. The Kid's Corral is free to those attending the Rodeo and offers family friendly entertainment.
   
Jason Riotto, 22, of Gonzales stumbles through the alley behind the Cherry Bean Coffee House as he dresses up for a "zombie walk" to the Maya Cinemas Saturday in Salinas. Participants in the ghoulish walk were dressing up to go watch the new film Zombieland with Woody Harrelson.
     
  
Performers in the Canta Sin Verguenza Talent Show relax with their own music and dancing backstage Saturday in Watsonville.
   
JoAnne Martindale of Santa Cruz stands on her 1921 Paige Model 6-66 Daytona Speedster to look over the crowds at the 59th annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
   
Fans of the band Family Force 5 join in prayer during Thursday's Spirit West Coast, a three-day Christian music festival at Laguna Seca.
     
  
A boy pops out of the top a plane on display Sunday at the California International Airshow in Salinas.
   
Gathered in the icy evening air outside Hoboken City Hall, New Jersey Governor John Corzine lights the first candle on the menorah to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Gov. Corzine, Congressman Albio Sires and Hoboken mayor David Roberts came out to Hoboken to celebrate the Jewish Holiday.
   
Ivan Zintzun, 6, of Salinas listens to the sounds of a toy piano during the Blind Babies Foundation's "Spring Fling" on Saturday at the Harden Foundation in Salinas. Local children with visual impairments enjoyed a day of playing music, a magic show and an Easter Egg hunt with sound-assisted eggs.
     
  
Brandon Martin of Pendleton, Oregon, rests with some chewing tobacco after competing in the bareback bronc riding during Friday's California Rodeo Salinas.
   
Armed with silly string, shaving cream and adolescence, over 200 fifth through eighth graders go wild in the Buchmuller Ice Rink in Secaucus, New Jersey. Before the ice rink is given a final clean before it is iced over, the kids are allowed to run around for a "controlled" night of deviancy and mischief.
   
Members of the Airforce Flag Detail help fold a large, 100 square foot American Flag used in Friday's Patriot Day Ceremony at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. The ceremony honored the memory of those that died in the September 11th attacks, and those that are now fighting in the Overseas Contingency Operations.
     
  
Assuring a crowd of over 8,000 people at the University of Oregon, Senator Barack Obama promises, “We are going to bring this election to a close right here in Oregon.”
   
Nirva Dorsaint of tobyMac performs on the main stage during Saturday's Spirit West Coast.
   
A fan in the audience waves the peace sign during Saturday's Creedence Clearwater Revisited concert at the Salinas Municipal Stadium.
     
  
Choir Pastor Drew Garcia fills the Apostolic Community Life Center with his booming voice during Sunday's service at the church in Salinas. The Apostolic Community Life Choir recently won first place in the Verizon Wireless "How Sweet the Sound" choir contest in Oakland and won $10,000.
   
Jose Hernandez, 5, of Salinas screams, "Si se puede!" or "Yes we can!" as 10,000 people march for immigration reform outside his home in East Salinas.