Area Information: Pacific Palisades

Pacific Palisades, a coastal community founded in the 1920's by the Camp Meeting and Chautauqua Assn. lies between Santa Monica and Malibu. The Palisades (as locals refer to their town) has a population of approximately 24,000.

Pacific Palisades postal zip code is 90272, is home to the J.Paul Getty Villa, Self Realization Lake Shrine, Temescal Canyon Mountain Gateway Park, Will Rogers State Historical Park. On the east, Pacific Palisades borders Mandeville Canyon, and on the west, Malibu. Set above the beach on bluffs or palisades, much of the area commands breathtaking ocean views.

The Palisades has an ideal climate. The Temescal Canyon Assn. hosts wonderful hikes, day and evening, the town has two public parks with at least 16 tennis courts, night-lit at Palisades Park.

The annual Fourth of July Palisades Americanism Parade and 10K are extremely well attended. The Palisades has its own weekly community paper the Palisadian-Post (circulation approx. 19,000).

The beach-side bicycle path is also host to joggers and roller-bladers, and begins approximately at Pacific Coast Highway and Temescal Canyon Road and continues to Redondo Beach (approximately 20 miles) via Marina Del Rey.

Marquez Knolls, developed by the Lachman family, is renowned for the dramatic views and its strong homeowner's association.

The bluff area just west of the J.Paul Getty Villa (to re-open in 2001) is called Sunset Mesa, an area thought by some to be part of Los Angeles, but is, in fact, Malibu. The schools are Malibu schools, the services are Los Angeles county services.