Beating heat around the world: jazzy umbrellas, ... Hassan,15, acts as pool manager, telling kids when their time is up and occasionally letting in a child or two who can't afford the fee, ...

Kids get used to the water during the first swim as Coffman Pool at the corner of Visitacion and Hahn Streets in San Francisco, Calif., reopens on Friday, July 11, 2008 after a lengthy $10 million ...