Pacific Palisades is a district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The area currently has about 27,000 residents. It is a very affluent and primarily residential area, with a mixture of large private homes, small (usually older) houses, condominiums, and apartments. It has a small central business district on Sunset Boulevard--consisting of restaurants, stores, banks, and offices--known as the "village." It also includes some large parklands and many hiking trails. Palisades Charter High School serves the neighborhood. It is known as "Where Sunset Meets the Sea." Notable shops in the village include PaliSkate, Benton's Sporting Goods, Mort's Palisades Deli (now closed) and Village Books on Swarthmore Street.
 

Residents, Past and Present
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest and their kids reside there.
Seinfeld co-creator and star of Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David lives in Pacific Palisades.
Patti Davis describes growing up in the Palisades in her memoirs, including The Long Goodbye.
Retired NBA athlete Vlade Divac and his family live in the Palisades.
German writer Lion Feuchtwanger settled in Pacific Palisades in 1941 and spent there the rest of his life.
Actor Steve Guttenberg lives in Pacific Palisades.
Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, along with their two kids live in the Palisades.
Artist and illustrator Joseph Morgan Henninger lived in a hilltop home overlooking Pacific Palisades for over forty years.
Actor Anthony Hopkins lives there as well.
Actor Ray Liotta lives in Pacific Palisades.
Carrie-Anne Moss, who plays Trinity in the The Matrix (series), lives in Pacific Palisades with her two sons and husband Steven Roy.


Information courtesy of US Census Bureau and wikipedia.org