AS A 31 YEAR RESIDENT OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, HERE ARE SOME LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE PENINSULA FOR NEWCOMERS:
The pedestrian crossing buttons are raised up to horse-rider height in Rolling Hills Estates. 
One of the best free outdoor concerts around is located at the Malaga Cove Library on Tuesday evenings during the summer. Pack your blanket and a picnic dinner to enjoy on the grassy area near the fountain. But, if you don't put your blanket down at 3 pm, chances are there won't be any spaces left.
You can reserve library books by telephone or online. You can drop off library books at any branch including Malaga Cove, Peninsula Center or Miraleste. The library has free online language courses.
Malaga Cove Library has a basket of magazines you can take for free. Once a month, at the Malaga Cove and Peninsula Center Library there are used book sales where you can pick up a Best Seller for as little as $2. If you can't wait for the sale, you can stop by the underground parking garage in the Peninsula Center library and shop for books. Payment is on the honor system. Leave your money in an envelope that can be found by the entrance to the book sale area.
If you are interested seeing peacocks, you can find them near the Malaga Cove Library, Dolores Plaza in Lunada Bay and along Dapplegray Drive.
Radio controlled airplanes are flown along the stretch of coastline between Malaga Cove and Lunada Bay.
All houses in the gated community of Rolling Hills must be painted white.
In Palos Verdes Estates, the trash collectors go into your trash storage area to collect refuse. You can’t put garbage cans on the curb.
Sometimes you can watch night divers in the summer in the waters below the Point Vicente Interpretive Center. There are picnic tables at the center where you can enjoy a dinner al fresco while watching the action.
The Lighthouse is said to be haunted by a young woman.
Some of the speed traps, frequented by the police are located at Granvia Altamira and Via Del Monte, Palos Verdes Drive West in Lunada Bay and along Palos Verdes Drive South near the lighthouse. (Be sure to wear your seatbelt or they will site you.)
There are two Starbuck’s Coffee Shops located within two blocks of each other. (In the Peninsula Center area.) There is a also one right at the corner of Hawthorne & Palos Verdes Dr. West that is a fantastic place to watch the sunset over the ocean.
There are caves in Lunada Bay near Paseo Lunado on the canyon path to the ocean.
The Palos Verdes Homes Association has almost every house plan for homes in Palos Verdes Estates.
The Palos Verdes Homes Association has jurisdiction over the color of houses, types of construction and percentage of lot coverage for homes in Palos Verdes Estates.
There is a cold (foggy) side and warm side of the peninsula. The borderline is approximately Highridge and Granvia Altamira. Temperatures can vary as much as ten degrees between the two sides. The ocean side is the coolest. Usually, the foggiest month is June.
A pedestrian path runs along the border of Valmonte and Hollywood Riviera behind the homes on the Palos Verdes Estates side.
The view of the coastline to the north of Palos Verdes is called the “Queen’s Necklace” by locals.
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