Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles\/South Bay area of California .
Simplified: Palos Verdes is a name often used to refer to a group of coastal cities in the Palos Verdes Hills on the Palos Verdes Peninsula , within southwestern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California .