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Auxiliary Parade Prizes Awarded to Veterans Gardens and Resilient Palisades

In addition to having fun building and entering a float in the annual Palisades Fourth of July Parade, there was a chance to win one of two $500 prizes that are awarded annually by American Legion Post 283 Auxiliary.

Pacific Palisades Parade Acknowledged in Local News Media

The Los Angeles Daily News wrote on July 5 that “Actors Steve Guttenberg and Danny Trejo and Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna will be among the participants in parades in Los Angeles County Thursday marking Independence Day.

Borgeson Family Wins 4th of July Home Decorating Title

When judges stopped to look at the decorations at the Borgesons’ home on Ocampo, Judge Steve Guttenberg (actor, author and former honorary mayor) said, “It’s so festive. It has such joy and happiness and it’s patriotic.”

Home Decorating Contest Explained by Judges

The contest, which started in 2008, was seen as a way to encourage people to decorate homes in a patriotic manner for the 4th of July. The process is easy, one decorates a residence prior to July 2 and submits a photo on the Palisades4th.com website...

Skydivers Return to the Palisades Parade this Year

One of the most eagerly awaited aspects of the Palisades Parade is the sky divers who land on Sunset Boulevard at Swarthmore to start the parade.
This year Tom Falzone, a former Palisadian and the coach for the skydiving team at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, most likely will be the first to jump from the plane 3,000 feet above the street.

Grand Marshal Steve Guttenberg Brings Optimism to the Fourth

Steve Guttenberg, one of the most beloved residents in Pacific Palisades, will serve as Grand Marshal in this year’s Fourth of July Parade...

Enter the Patriotic Home Contest

It’s that time again for the most festive and highly anticipated day of pomp and circumstance in Pacific Palisades, the Fourth of July! Not just for locals, visitors from all over Los Angeles fill the chair-lined sidewalks of Sunset Boulevard to celebrate our Nation’s independence.

Get Ready for the Fourth!

Two opportunities to march in the parade with your old band instrument. All ages welcome. Kids should start making plans to decorate their bikes/scooters for the Bicycle Decorating Contest. The top four entries will receive $50 gift certificates to The Yogurt Shoppe. Now that’s the way to start the summer, eating yogurt.

Rich Wilken Will Ride as Parade Marshal

For more than four decades, Rich Wilken has volunteered for almost every job needed on the Fourth of July in Pacific Palisades: the morning 5/10 Run, the afternoon parade, and the evening fireworks program. The only position he hadn’t held was to serve as parade marshal...

Start Thinking about Bike Decorations

Kids are encouraged to decorate bikes/scooters in their best patriotic tradition and enter them in the "Kids on Bikes."

“Happy Days” For Parade Theme Winner

A family project to come up with themes for the Palisades Fourth of July Parade has paid off for longtime Palisadians Dean Grinsfelder and Vicky Collison. Dean’s winning theme for the 2024 parade is “Happy Days in the Palisades.”

Parade Theme Sought: Win a Ride on a Fire Truck

PAPA (Palisades Americanism Parade Association) is asking residents to submit a clever theme for the 2024 Fourth of July Palisades Parade. Themes need to be short—ideally, two- or three-word phrases, but no more than six words. Submit your best idea(s) …

Money To Be Distributed at Palisades Optimist Club Tuesday Meeting

The Palisades Optimist Club will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, March 19, at the Palisades Presbyterian Church at 15821 Sunset Boulevard. Coffee, pastries and fellowship are at 9:30 am, brunch at 9:45 am and the meeting begins at 10 a.m. People who are curious about the Optimist Club are welcome to attend.

Past Press

Official 2023 Parade Program

Top Floats Announced from the 4th of July Parade

The American Legion Auxiliary has announced the top two floats from the Palisades 75th annual Fourth of July Parade.

Home Decorating Contest Results: And the Winner? The Mass Family on Alma

Ever since its inception in 2008, Palisades families have entered the Patriotic 4th of July Home Decorating Contest. This year, families from the Highlands to Santa Monica Canyon to the mobile homes by the ocean celebrated the holiday by adding flags and bunting to their homes.

Denise Crosby Selected as Grand Marshal

As the character Faye Richardson in Suits, Denise Crosby says “That’s the problem with this place. You’re a bunch of wild dogs running around, defecating all over legal standards you swore to uphold. You can bet your ass I’m gonna put a leash on every one of you.”

Brigadier General David G. Smith Rides in the July Parade

“Those who say that we’re in a time when there are no heroes, they just don’t know where to look,” Ronald Reagan once said.

Parade Program in Mailboxes: Here’s “The Rest of the Story”

When I was a child, I would often spend days helping my aunt at the farm. The family had four boys, so an extra girl for the garden/canning was helpful.

Enter the Home Decorating Contest

Celebrate the “sparkle and shine” of Pacific Palisades this Fourth of July. Susan Montgomery, local Sotheby’s realtor, and sponsor of the Home Decorating Contest for the fifth year in a row, encourages the entire community to get creative, with this year’s theme, “Diamond Jubilee in 2023.”

Win a $500 Prize for For Best Float in the 4th of July Parade

The Palisades-Malibu YMCA float won the First Annual Auxiliary Award and the $1,000 prize in 2022.

Preparations Begin for Palisades Fourth of July

More than thirty volunteers met at the Ronald Reagan Palisades American Legion to discuss efforts for this summer’s Fourth of July parade on March 29.

Get Ready, Get Set, Volunteer for July Fourth

Matthew Rodman, President of the Palisades Americanism Parade Association, announced that plans are now underway for the town’s annual Fourth of July festivities.

Here Comes The Parade!

All of your favorites will be back this year: Kids on Bikes, Patriotic Pups, Palisades performing groups and our Palisades service organizations.

Jennifer Garner Was Selected as Grand Marshal 2022

Two Sang the National Anthem at the Will Rogers Races on July 4

The Yogurt Shoppe Will Sponsor Kids on Bikes

Top Prizes Awarded to Three Homes in 2022 Decorating Contest