 It is not usually open to the public, but the Coast Guard Auxiliary run tours once per month and it is used annually for the city's "Whale of a Day" festival.Point Vicente Lighthouse was built in 1926, following years of complaints by shippers about the dangerous waters around the Palos Verdes peninsula.It was constructed using a Parisian Fresnel lens with a width of , which had been in use in Alaska since its construction in 1886.