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# Pier’s bubble bursts
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/piers-bubble-bursts/
- Published: 2006-04-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:29:22.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: local, Pier, #archive-import

SM PIER — The bubble has burst for Tim Dillenbeck. A fixture here, Dillenbeck, better known as “The Bubbleman” for his bubble-blowing displays, has been banned from performing here, Ocean Front Walk and potentially every other public space in Santa Monica for at least two years.

The ban is part of a stay-away order filed last month against Dillenbeck because he has “numerous pending cases” for leaving property unattended and camping in public, said Betty Haviland, chief deputy city attor-

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Tim Dillenbeck, a.k.a. (Photo: Fabian Lewkowicz/Daily Press)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 5, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040506.pdf?ref=smdp.com)