North Valley

The Northern part of the Valley is heavily residential and has some of the newer suburban homes of the area. Places like Northridge tend to me very commercial and apartment centric (for the students) but go north to Porter Ranch and you'll find some very nice gated neighborhoods.

South Valley

The Southern part of the Valley stretches along Ventura Boulevard. This is the cultural artery of the Valley and where you'll find all the best eating and drinking venues. The very nicest homes are also found in the hills just South of Ventura.

The Eastern Valley is the densest urban portion of the Valley, and contains a great deal of commerce. From Burbank to North Hollywood, you'll find some of Hollywood's largest studios and sound stages, not to mention a plethora of small post production firms, scattered amongst the 1950s suburbs.

The West is the newest part of the Valley and where you'll find the cleanest air and most of the remaining nature. The hills around Calabasas and Agoura contain excellent hiking trials, not to mention the homes to many celebrities who enjoy the brand new upscale homes being built there.

Agoura Hills sits in the eastern Conejo Valley, near neighboring communities of Calabasas, Malibu and Westlake Village. The area was originally settled by the Chumash Indians around 10,000 years ago and was once known as Picture City, because...

Burbank is an incorporated city in the San Fernando Valley and is home to more than 100,000 people. It encompasses two areas, a downtown, civic center and residential neighborhoods that dot the slopes and foothills of the Verdugo Mountains. It...

Calabasas is a fully incorporated city that is located along the southwestern edge of the San Fernando Valley and falls just into the side of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is next to Woodland Hills and Agoura Hills, and is fairly close to the...

Canoga Park once went by the Owensmouth and is a district in the San Fernando Valley that is bordered by Woodland Hills, West Hills, Chatsworth and Winnetka. It was originally the home of two Native American tribes who were settled in the Simi...

A San Fernando Valley district that falls under the umbrella of the City of Los Angeles, Chatsworth was another area that was once home to a number of Native American tribes, including the Chumash. There is even a local area, the Burro Flats...

Named for one of the ranches given to the Mexican government by the Indians, Encino sits along the 101 Freeway and borders up to the edge of the Santa Monica Mountains, sandwiched between Tarzana and Sherman Oaks. The area is home to two major...

Reachable via the Ronald Reagan, San Diego and Golden State Freeways, Granada Hills is a City of Los Angeles district in the San Fernando Valley. It sits just north of North Hills and Northridge. It is the site where the Valley?s first oil...

A suburb nestled in the north east part of the San Fernando Valley, Lake View Terrace is reachable via the Foothill Freeway (I-210). It?s a middle class community with a fairly mixed racial profile made up mostly of Latinos, African-Americans,...

The Ronald Reagan Freeway (SR 118) runs right through the middle of the suburban community of Mission Hills. The neighborhood also sits at the north end of snaking and long Sepulveda Blvd, which stretches from the northern starting point, all the...

The NoHo Arts District is a relative newcomer in the San Fernando Valley, born out of a small stretch of the communities of Valley Village and North Hollywood. It is a cluster of theaters, cafes, art galleries and shops, mostly set along...

Formerly known as Sepulveda and renamed in 1992, North Hills is one of the oldest communities in the San Fernando Valley. It sits between Northridge, Panorama City, Van Nuys and Granada Hills. The district was originally named for the Sepulveda...

Officially named North Hollywood in 1927, this region of the Valley, which has also been known as Toluca and Lankershim, sits near the 170 and the 101 Freeways, just a short ride over the hill from Hollywood. It is home to a smaller neighborhood,...

Northridge, a community in the San Fernando Valley, is perhaps most famous for the 1994 earthquake that rocked the area. The 45 second, 6.7 shaker caused extensive damage throughout the San Fernando Valley and across the City of Los Angeles,...

Pacoima sits between Mission Hills and Arleta and is a district neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, falling under the actual jurisdiction of the City of Los Angeles. The first inhabitants of the area were semi-nomadic Native American tribes...

Located in the northwest portion of the San Fernando Valley, near Chatsworth and Northridge, Porter Ranch in an upscale neighborhood just south of the Santa Susana Mountains. The area was purchased in the late 19th century, by a man named...

Living along the Los Angeles River, the Native American Tongva tribe were the first inhabitants of the San Fernando Valley district known as Reseda. Following the departure of the Indians, Reseda became a farm town, called Marian, in 1912, named...

Stretching over 8 square miles, between Studio City, Van Nuys and Encino, Sherman Oaks is a largely urbanized district in the San Fernando Valley. Drive along Ventura Blvd, and you?ll see commercial skyscrapers sandwiched between shopping...

Studio City earned it?s moniker in the 1920?s when a man named Mack Sennett moved his studios to a spot near Colfax Avenue and Ventura Blvd. Today those same studios fall under the CBS family and is known as CBS Radford. It?s a seven...

Once the site of the world?s second largest olive groves, Sylmar, which means ?Sea of Trees,? is situated just east of Interstate 5 and north of the city of San Fernando. Long before the areas was settled by the Spaniards, this was another...

Surrounded by Reseda, Woodland Hills, Encino and the Santa Monica Mountains, the San Fernando Valley district makes its way along the major roads of Reseda Blvd, Tampa Avenue, Wilbur Avenue, and Burbank and Ventura Blvds. Most of the areas...

Toluca Lake Once a farmland, Toluca Lake is now and upscale living, dining and shopping community and has been home to some very famous residents over the years, including the much loved Bob Hope. It?s sandwiched between Burbank and Universal...

Universal City encompasses the 415 acres that make up the property of Universal Studios. A majority of this San Fernando Valley community has remained unincorporated as to avoid City of Los Angeles business taxes and regulations. Universal City...

Valley Village is a pocket neighborhood that is predominantly made up of small businesses and single-family homes. It has a fairly significant Jewish population. Though the community was formed in 1939, it wasn?t until the 1990?s that it was...

Falling right in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys was first developed as a town in the early 1900?s. Though it was supposed to built on a well though out city plan, it is unfortunately prone to severe flooding during rainstorms....

Warner Center is an important edge community that is technically part of the Woodland Hills area of the San Fernando Valley, though it stands on its own as a place of commerce and activitiy. It was built to both generate jobs in the Valley and to...

Encompassing postal codes 91307 and 91304, West Hills is a San Fernando Valley District and part of the City of Los Angeles. It?s bordered by Chatsworth, Canoga Park, Woodland Hills and Hidden Hills. There are two major creeks in the West...

Winnetka is a San Fernando Valley district located in the west-central part of the Valley, next to Canoga Park, Woodland Hills, Chatworth and Reseda. It also falls between the Los Angeles River and the Southern Pacific Coast Line railroad....

Originally named Girard, Woodland Hills is a San Fernando Valley district and located in the southwestern part of the region near West Hills, Canoga Park and Calabasas. Some of the neighborhoods in Woodland Hills trail up the side of the Santa...