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Pacifica Essential Info

Overview

Pacifica is on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

Description is available from Wikitravel under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. A list of contributors is available at the original article.

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Best Time To Go

Year round

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Current Weather

57 °F

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Fun Facts

  1. Before European settlers arrived, Pacifica was home to two significant Ohlone Indian villages.
  2. The name "Pacifica" was chosen by vote. A close runner-up was the name "Coastside".
  3. Rob Schneider grew up in Pacifica. In 1997, he formed the Rob Schneider Music Foundation to support its school music program, and has since donated approximately $2 million.
  4. In 1971, Pacifica gained worldwide attention as the popular St. Peter's Catholic priest, Father Bob Duryea, was excommunicated, after a defiant confrontation with the church, for being married.

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