Rolling Hills is a gated city of fewer than 2,000 residents on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. It is the second-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County and one of the most rural in character — wide unpaved bridle trails, white split-rail fences, and a strict one-house-per-acre zoning policy that has held since incorporation in 1957.
There is no commercial district. Residents drive to neighboring Rolling Hills Estates or Rancho Palos Verdes for groceries, restaurants, and services. The city maintains its own equestrian ring, tennis courts, and community center, and three guarded gates control all access.
The ZIP code 90274 is shared with Palos Verdes Estates and Rolling Hills Estates, but Rolling Hills proper sits up high along Crest Road, with panoramic views over the Pacific to the south and the Los Angeles Basin to the north. Many homes still keep horses, which is unusual anywhere within thirty miles of downtown Los Angeles.