The racial makeup of Thousand Palms was 5, 763 ( 74. 7 %) White, 105 ( 1. 4 %) African American, 75 ( 1. 0 %) Native American, 129 ( 1. 7 %) Asian, 10 ( 0. 1 %) Pacific Islander, 1, 422 ( 18. 4 %) from other races, and 211 ( 2. 7 %) from two or more races.

Waxman's most recent district ( until 2012 ), California's 30th congressional district, included Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Malibu, West Hollywood, and Westlake Village as well as such areas of Los Angeles as West Los Angeles, Fairfax, Pacific Palisades, Brentwood, Beverlywood, Topanga, Chatsworth, Palms, Westwood, West Hills, Westside Village, Woodland Hills, but through the creation of a new 33rd Congressional District by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, in the November 2012 general election Waxman will be competing for re-election in an area including his home community of Beverly Hills and stretching to Malibu and Pacific-coastal communities heading south including Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Smaller towns that are popular tourist spots are North Haven, South West Rocks, Urunga and Pacific Palms.

However, unlike the related Trachycarpus species, Needle Palms need hot, humid summer temperatures to thrive and the species does not grow well in the Pacific Northwest.

It is composed of five campuses in West Los Angeles, Palms and the Pacific Palisades.

He represents the 11th District, which includes the communities of Brentwood, Del Rey, Mar Vista, Pacific Palisades, Palms, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, West LA and Westchester.

It was announced on 24 January 2006 that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao would visit Fiji that April to open the China-Pacific Islands Countries Economic Development & Cooperation Forum Ministerial Conference 2006 at Sofitel Fiji Resort in Nadi, a conference of economic and trade ministers from Pacific island countries.

Pacific Bay Resort hosted ' Camp Wallaby ' throughout the 2000s, in which the ARU Wallabies called Coffs Harbour home.

Addressing the 28th annual meeting of the Association of Development Financing Institution in Asia and the Pacific ( ADFIAP ) at the Sheraton Resort in Nadi on 13 May 2005, Qarase said that poverty was the " greatest challenge " for development banks.

" Nei Nikuao Lodge ", the Council-owned lodge on " Sunset Beach " at Tabontebike village on the main island, and " Ouba Islet Resort " on Ouba Islet on the north-western " Pacific Coast " of Abaiang.

The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort, also known as the Pink Palace of the Pacific, is located at 2259 Kalākaua Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.

The resort consists of two theme parks ( Universal Studios Florida and Universal's Islands of Adventure ), Universal CityWalk ( a night-time entertainment destination ), and three Loews Hotels ( Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Royal Pacific Resort ).

Following that, in 2001, Loews Royal Pacific Resort opened.

Guests of Universal's three on-site resorts — the Royal Pacific Resort, the Hard Rock Hotel and the Portofino Bay Hotel — may show their room keys for unlimited uses of the faster line for each ride.

On Tuesday March 13, 2007 at 2: 33 a. m. ( Pacific Time ), the Stardust Resort was imploded in a grand ceremony which included fireworks prior to the East and West Towers ' tumble.

Towns, suburbs, and localities in the central section of the Capricorn Coast are: Adelaide Park, Bangalee, Barlows Hill, Bluff Rock, Bondoola, Capricorn Coast National Park, Causeway Lake, Cooee Bay, Creek Rock, Emu Park, Hidden Valley, Kemp Beach, Keppel Bay Estate, Kinka Beach, Lammermoor, Meikleville Hill, Mercure Capricorn Resort, Mulambin, Mulambin Waters, Ocean View, Pacific Heights, Rosslyn, Statue Bay, Taranganba, Taroomball, Yeppoon, Wreck Point, Zilzie.

Aggie Grey ’ s Resort and Spa at Mulifanua and Faleolo was the venue for the sailing and va ' a ( outrigger canoeing ) events at the 2007 South Pacific Games.

Chinook Pass is also a trailhead to the Pacific Crest Trail, providing access to Dewey Lake and Cougar Lake ( in the William O. Douglas Wilderness ), Crystal Mountain Ski Resort, and the Norse Peak Wilderness.

Lawigan Beach which faces and considered a part of the Pacific Ocean ; the underground river of the Hinayagan Cave ; the Togonan Cold Spring which is a 30-minute ride a far from the city proper ; the wild sanctuary of the Forester's Park ; the wide range waters of the Mone River or the Lake 77 which offers a boat ride tour and a floating cottage for picnic and fishing ; the Kamayo Heritage Park ; and the Florland Highland Resort at Brgy.

Locomotive # 2 Lilly Belle at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is named in honor of its Carolwood Pacific namesake.

Guests of Universal's three on-site resorts — the Hard Rock Hotel, the Royal Pacific Resort, and the Portofino Bay Hotel — may show their room keys for unlimited uses of the faster line for each ride.

Guests of Universal's three on-site resorts — the Royal Pacific Resort, the Hard Rock Hotel and the Portofino Bay Hotel — may show their room keys for unlimited uses of the faster line for each ride.

The store sells many Disney items available throughout the Walt Disney World Resort, as well as items specifically themed to the Pacific Northwest and the hotel itself.

This town's white-sand beaches to the east that faces the Pacific Ocean are well known in surrounding towns and cities. One famous beach resort here is the Rizal Beach Resort which hosts the PhilHobie Challenge.

** Pacific Outback Resort

Andrew also worked at Dempsey ’ s Restaurant located at the Pacific Centre Mall in downtown Vancouver then moved to Whistler to work at the Chateau Whistler Resort and then back to Vancouver to the Four Season ’ s Hotel before opening his own business in Vancouver as Toody Ni Restaurant and Catering Company specializing in Northwest coast style native cuisine.

The Union Pacific Railroad streamliner, City of San Francisco, stopped in Ogden, Utah, for a few minutes.

Carson City's population and transportation traffic decreased when the Southern Pacific Railroad built a line through Donner Pass, too far to the north to benefit Carson City.

An 1865 San Francisco Pacific Railroad Bond approved in 1863 but delayed for two years by the opposition of the San Francisco Board of SupervisorsAlthough the Pacific Railroad eventually benefited the Bay Area, the City and County of San Francisco obstructed financing it during the early years of 1863-1865.

When Stanford was Governor of California, the Legislature passed on April 22, 1863, " An Act to Authorize the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to take and subscribe One Million Dollars to the Capital Stock of the Western Pacific Rail Road Company and the Central Pacific Rail Road Company of California and to provide for the payment of the same and other matters relating thereto " ( which was later amended by Section Five of the " Compromise Act " of April 4, 1864 ).

It took legal actions to force them to do so: in 1864 the Supreme Court of the State of California ordered them under Writs of Mandamus ( The People of the State of California ex rel the Central Pacific Railroad Company vs. Henry P. Coon, Mayor ; Henry M. Hale, Auditor ; and Joseph S. Paxson, Treasurer, of the City and County of San Francisco.

Pacific white-sided dolphin skeleton ( missing pelvic bones ), on exhibit at The Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

There are a number of Guatemalan bus and van transport companies that most travelers use to get from the airport in Guatemala City to Antigua, Lake Atitlan in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and Monterrico on the Pacific coast.

Cathay Pacific City, the headquarters of Cathay Pacific

* 1865 – The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U. S. at the time.

His first internationally recognized design, was the Pacific Science Center and its iconic arches, constructed by the City of Seattle for the 1962 World's Fair.

On August 15, 1519, Pedrarias, having abandoned Santa María la Antigua del Darién, moved the capital of Castilla del Oro with all its organizational institutions to the Pacific Ocean's coast and founded Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá ( present day Panama City ), the first European settlement on the shores of the Pacific.

Governor Pedrarias began building intercontinental and trans-isthmian portage routes, such as the " Camino Real " and " Camino de Cruces ", linking Panama City and the Pacific with Nombre de Dios ( and later with “ Portobelo ”) and the Atlantic, making possible the establishment of a trans-atlantic system of Treasure Fleets and trade.

Strategically located on the Pacific coast, Panama City was relatively free of the permanent menace of pirates that roamed the Atlantic coast for over one and a half century, until it was destroyed by a devastating fire, when the pirate Henry Morgan sacked it on January 28, 1671.

Telstra also has the naming rights ( under TelstraClear ) for the TelstraClear Pacific events centre in Manukau City, New Zealand.

Pacific Railroad Bond, City and County of San Francisco, 1865

) After the rail line's initial steep climb through the bluffs of west Omaha and out of the Missouri River Valley, the route followed the Platte River west through Nebraska, establishing many townships along the way ( Elkhorn, Grand Island, North Platte, Ogallala, Sidney, Nebraska ), the Colorado Territory ( Julesburg ), the Wyoming Territory ( Cheyenne, Laramie, Green River, Evanston ), the Utah Territory ( Ogden, Brigham City, Corinne ), and connecting with the Central Pacific at Promontory Summit.

In 1869 the Hannibal Bridge at Kansas City was built and allowed connection to the Kansas Pacific Railway.

* Kansas City, Kansas / Leavenworth, Kansas via the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad ( LP & W ) ( later called the Kansas Pacific ) controlled initially by Thomas Ewing, Jr. and later by John C. Fremont.

This in turn connected to Kansas Pacific trains going from Kansas City to Denver which had built the Denver Pacific Railway connecting to the Union Pacific.