TAKING TO THE STREETS—Horacio Guerrero, above, rides Azioro, a 3-year-old gaited horse, in the 25th annual Simi Valley Days Parade on Saturday morningBelow, Bryan Hiatt, 16, blows a giant horn at his cousin Skylar Yustis, 3, after she taunted him with her little kazoo while they watch the parade go by.

WELL LOVED—Simi Valley Adventist Hospital volunteers wave like beauty queens from their parade float as they get a standing ovation rom the crowd.