Pacific Palisades is a very affluent area, primarily residential with a mixture of large homes and condominiums. It it a well known area as home to many Hollywood celebrities.
It is located between Brentwood, Malibu, Topanga, Santa Monica and Santa Monica Bay and Mountains, with about 27,000 residents.
The Chamber of Commerce is responsible for many events that take place there around 4th of July, they sponsor 5k, 10k runs and a parade down Sunset Boulevard, not to mention their beautiful firework display which is held at the Palisades High School football field and their exciting hiking trails and parklands also attract people from all over the country.
Pacific Palisades was venue for German and Austrian writers and actors, like Lion Feuchtwanger, Thomas Mann, Oskar homaka, Emil Ludwig and Vicki Baum. For many years they ban drinking alcohol there and the only place with a liquor license was a Chinese Restaurant, House of Lee's. What is now the Temescal Gateway Park was once a conference center owned by the Presbyterian Church there.
They are famous for their famous areas: The Alphabet Streets, The Bluffs, Castellammare, Huntington Palisades, Marques Knolls, The Riviera, The Village, all worth paying a visit.
They used to have two newspapers back in 1970 when they decided to merge and become one, The Palisades Post and The Palisadian became one, The Palisadian-Post, unlike most local weekly newspaper on the westside, this one is subscription-based only. Roberta Donahue and Bill Bruns bought the newspaper from the old owners, the Browns back in 1980's.
Their multimillion-dollar houses still impressive, with their immense gardens, garage that accommodates more than four cars, no wonder why many movie stars still consider this area one of the best Cities to live in California.
Their exquisite garage doors hide some of the most expensive cars in the world.