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I never thought I would be able to say I’ve found a sense of inner peace in the middle of the Santa Monica Pier.

But the City of Santa Monica had barred it from ever opening.

Now for the biggest test of patience — braving the traffic of leaving a Santa Monica parking structure.

“This is the most Black people the Santa Monica pier has seen in a while,” said Brick, who was met with an echoing applause.

The fish were loaded into coolers and ferried by truck to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and Santa Monica’s Heal the Bay Aquarium, where they’ve hunkered down ever since in comfort.