Life in the San Fernando Valley is an exquisite adventure. Perhaps this is because our "Valley of the Stars" has so much to offer. We can revel in safe neighborhoods that favor the traditional values the early ranchers and farmers brought with them. Nights are always exciting, too, with world-class clubs, concerts, movie theatres and playhouses to choose from. Well-kept and regulated parks and recreation areas abound, and a remarkable freeway system makes it simple to take quick jaunts to cool beaches, majestic mountains and sun-baked deserts. And, yes, there's also our enviable climate that residents of New York, Chicago and just about every other metropolis can only dream of.