Fourth of July in Pacific Palisades
Molly Mercer, 21, works on Fourth of July decorations in front of her home. The house was awarded first place in Pacific Palisades’ hotly contested home decorating competition this year. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Molly Mercer, 21, places Fourth of July decorations in a tree in front of her home in Pacific Palisades. Over the years, competition in a home decorating contest for the holiday has become hard core. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Marlo Harris, 4, plays in the frontyard of her family’s Pacific Palisades home on Toyopa Drive, which is along the Fourth of July parade route. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Arnie Wishnick, executive director of the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce, has two responsibilities when it comes to the community’s annual Fourth of July parade: finding celebrities to appear at the event and securing portable toilets along the route. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Sarah Kelly shows off her red, white and blue fingernails. She has directed a documentary about the Pacific Palisades parade, titled “Palisades Parade,” that recently had its premiere at Palisades Charter High School. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A replica of the Statue of Liberty holds an American flag in front of a home in Pacific Palisades in honor of the Fourth of July. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Marlo Harris, 4, waves an American flag while walking past a white picket fence decorated for Fourth of July celebrations in Pacific Palisades. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Flowers and American flags rest inside a patriotic planter next to more American flags, part of the Fourth of July decorations in the frontyard of a home in Pacific Palisades. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Luann Williams takes a break from mounting U.S. flags in the frontyard of her Pacific Palisades home for the Fourth of July. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)