Living in Los Angeles: San Fernando Valley, CA

Though there are other valleys in Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley is The Valley in LA. Nestled in a northern corner of Los Angeles County, while the San Fernando Valley was - and continues to be - a butt of Angeleno jokes due to its suburban mall non-culture, the Valley is safe and quiet convenience for those looking to live in Los Angeles without being too removed from - or stuck in - Hollywood's hubub. North Hollywood, Studio City, and Sherman Oaks are just over the hills from Hollywood and have a more metro feel that's slowly extending to the rest of the Valley. Shop boutiques and major malls, dine from PF Chang and Cheesecake Factory chains to Thai dives. Head further west and cities Woodland Hills, Calabasas, and Augora Hills quiet down into charming suburbia with some of the Valley's best features: highly competitive public schools and gorgeous southern Cali trails to hike and bike.

San Fernando Valley's Location in Los Angeles

Burbank and Glendale are tucked into the southeast corner of the San Fernando Valley, just west of Pasadena, Hidden Hills and Calabasas are in the southwest corner, and San Fernando is in the northeast valley. The San Fernando Valley borders Ventura County to its north; it's about one hour south of Santa Barbara.

San Fernando Valley's Weather

While the San Fernando Valley enjoys spring and summer-like weather year-round like the rest of Los Angeles, the surrounding hills trap heat so that the Valley is typically ten degrees warmer than the rest of Los Angeles in the summer, and ten degrees cooler in the winter. On average, the San Fernando Valley reaches highs of 96°F (July-August) and chills lowest at about 40°F (December-January). Current weather in San Fernando Valley:

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