Things To Do In Palos Verdes

Palos Verdes Peninsula Seniors may attend classes at Marymount College for free for the Fall Semester beginning August 27, 2012.

Palos Verdes Peninsula Seniors Lecture Series for August will present four different topics on Wednesdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Hesse Park Fireside Room in Rancho Palos Verdes 90275.

The Hills Are Alive Race - 10K and 5K - will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 11, 2012, at Ernie Howlett Park in Rolling Hills Estates and will benefit The Pepper Tree Foundation.

Palos Verdes Bird Walk and First Saturday Canyon Walk will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2012, at Geroge F. Canyon Preserve & Nature Center at 7306 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rolling Hills Estates.

More Palos Verdes Summer Concerts will be held at Nelson's at Terranea Resort from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights as part of a picnic buffet priced from $19 to $26. The series will run Friday and Saturday nights through September 2, 2012.

A Palos Verdes night hike will take place on Friday, August 3,2012, at 8:30 p.m. at George F Canyon. Reservations are required and the fee is $10 per person.

Palos Verdes Coffee & Cars, a free event held in the Peninsula Shopping Center parking lot, will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 7:30 and is an opportunity for car enthusiasts to bring their cars or just come to view special cars on display.

Summer Impressions, a family coastal hike and children’s art workshop, will be held on Saturday, August 4, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to noon beginning at Pelican Cove and continuing on to Terranea Resort.

On July 28, 2012, the Banning Museum is presenting a lecture by Tom Sitton, author of "Grand Ventures: The Banning Family And The Shaping Of Southern California," speaking on the second generation and their ownership of Santa Catalina Island from 1892 to 1919.

Terranea Resort, in Palos Verdes, offers a free "Surf and Turf" dinner on your birthday at their Catalina Kitchen restaurant where you can sit back, relax and enjoy the beautiful views of the Palos Verdes ocean and coastline.