Battle over Christmas displays
A woman walks her dog along the dirt path behind the Nativity scene at Pacific Palisades Park along Ocean Avenue. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Atheists groups have posted signs where Nativity scenes had been in previous years at Pacific Palisades Park along Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Vikki Hill of Santa Monica protests in front of an atheist group’s display at Pacific Palisades Park along Ocean Avenue. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A man strolls past a display showing a Nativity scene along Ocean Avenue at Palisades Park in Santa Monica Tuesday. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)
A jogger moves past one of the holiday signs along Ocean Avenue at Palisades Park in Santa Monica on Tuesday. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)
A woman walks past a sign displaying an atheist message along Ocean Avenue at Palisades Park in Santa Monica. (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)