For the Race, Parade and Fireworks
NO STOPPING; NO PARKING signs, will be posted along the race and parade route prior to July 4. Please observe the signs, so events can start on time.
RACE CLOSURES: In the Will Rogers 5K/10K race area, closures start at 4 .m., hard closures start at 6:30 a.m. People will not be allowed to turn from Pacific Coast Highway to Chautauqua starting at 7:15 a.m.
The Huntington Palisades neighborhood including Alma Real Drive, Corona del Mar, Toyopa Drive and Pampas Ricas will be closed. Drummond Street from Toyopa to Chautauqua; Ocampo from Drummond to Alma Real will also be shut down.
Sunset Boulevard from Amalfi Drive to Monument Street will be closed in both directions from 6:30 to 11 a.m. Chautauqua Boulevard north of Sunset until Drummond and Drummond from Chautauqua to Toyopa will also be closed. The roads will reopen after the race course is closed about 11:30 a.m.
The 10K race is run on the red line. Streets in blue that lead into the race are closed. Ralphs supermarket parking lot (blue block) is also closed to runners’ cars.
PARADE CLOSURES: The parade route and staging areas, which include Via de la Paz, Sunset, Swarthmore, Drummond Street, Toyopa, La Cruz Drive and Alma Real, will close to vehicles at 1:30 p.m. or possibly earlier and will not reopen until after the parade route is cleared. Estimated reopening is 4 p.m.
Roads leading into Sunset Boulevard will be closed. When a motorist drives up Chautauqua and reaches Sunset he/she will only be able to turn right.
CONCERT/FIREWORKS CLOSURES: Westbound Bowdoin Street, in front of Palisades High School, will be closed at noon (or before, depending on the arrival of the fireworks) until 10 p.m. and the ocean-field side will be closed from 4 until 10 p.m. (after the fireworks). North and southbound Temescal Canyon Road will close shortly before 9 p.m. to Palisades-bound traffic (no turns off Pacific Coast Highway).
Temescal CAnyon Road (blue) will be shut north and southbound starting at 9 p.m.
Thank you so much for providing this detailed information on road closures associated with the events taking place on the best day in Pacific Palisades – July 4th.