A morning with Santa Claus

The San Marcos Citizens Fire Academy Alumni Association hosted its fifth annual Pancakes with Santa event at Fire Station No. 5 on Saturday. The alumni association puts on the breakfast for the community to raise funds for programming by the San Marcos Fire Department. Briles Smith,4, hugs Santa after posing for photographs. Former Mayor Daniel Guerrero took the role of Santa Claus. Daily Record photos by Madison Simmons

Hugh Cliett enjoys time with four-month-old granddaughter Amelia Mertz.

Rick Rowell, a firefighter with the San Marcos Fire Department for 33 years, pipes pancakes onto the rotating griddle. The fire department built the griddle for events like this.