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Venerated in song and a backdrop for a long list of films and TV
shows, its famous waves were celebrated by The Beach Boys in
“Surfin’ U.S.A.” The comedian Jerry Lewis lived there and was
once honorary mayor, and the eponymously named TV series
“Pacific Palisades” was produced by Aaron Spelling.
Bookended by Malibu to the west and Santa Monica to the
southeast, the neighborhood of 23,000 within sprawling Los
Angeles might not be as well known as its neighbors, but it has
a rich, celebrity-studded history that followed its founding in
the early 1920s.
A raging coastal wildfire Tuesday put the community in the
headlines, as firefighters sought to hold off the spreading
flames amid a strengthening windstorm and thousands of residents
fled for safety. Smoke from the fire was visible for miles along
the coastline.
Actor James Woods was among those who posted video of flames
burning, on a hill near his home. “Standing in my driveway,
getting ready to evacuate,” Woods said in the short clip on the
social platform X.
Actor Steve Guttenberg, who lives in Pacific Palisades, urged
people who abandoned their cars to leave their keys behind so
they could be moved to make way for fire trucks. “This is not a
parking lot,” Guttenberg told KTLA.
Envisioned a century ago as a religious commune, today Pacific
Palisades' narrow, winding roads are lined with homes clinging
to the hillsides overlooking the ocean. The median listing price
is $4.6 million, with one eight-bedroom estate priced at nearly
$40 million, according to the website Realtor.com
The community also is known for its walkable, small-town like
commercial district, which lures visitors with its farmers’
market and trendy restaurants and shops. One of its most popular
attractions is the Getty Villa, a branch of the famous J. Paul
Getty Museum focused on Greek and Roman antiquities.
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