Pacific Palisades is a district within the U.S. city of Los Angeles, California, located between Brentwood to the east, Malibu to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. The area currently has about 27,000 residents. It is a very affluent and primarily residential area, with a mixture of large private homes, small (usually older) houses, condominiums, and apartments. It has a small central business district on Sunset Boulevard--consisting of restaurants, stores, banks, and offices--known as the "village." It also includes some large parklands and many hiking trails. Palisades Charter High School serves the neighborhood. It is known as "Where The Mountains Meet the Sea." Notable shops in the village include PaliSkate, Benton's Sporting Goods, Mort's Palisades Deli (now closed, but re-opening as the Village Pantry) and Village Books on Swarthmore Street.

Kawaikini, a new Hawaiian immersion charter school on Kauai, says it will start classes this fall.The Lihue school will begin accepting applications Feb. 1 for about 100 students in kindergarten through high-school grades.

Sport fishing is a popular activity on the coasts of Costa Rica, and thousands of anglers and outdoor fishing enthusiasts frolic to the area each year. Sport fishing charters abound along these pristine waters, and special vacation packages along the Caribbean and Pacific coast are also readily available.

French Polynesia is a French overseas collectivity. French Polynesia is made up of 118 islands, located in the south-central part of the Pacific Ocean. The archipelago includes the Society, Marquesas and Austral islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago. There is no better way to truly explore French Polynesia than by yacht charter

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A behemoth pacific blue marlin, caught off Rodrigues Island by German angler Stepphan Kreupl with Germany IGFA representative on board has finally been certified official as a new standing world record for 80 pound class line. The team was fishing onboard the charter boat Black Marlin skippered by Captain Yann Colas.