The fourteenth annual Light Up Valley Village brought families and friends from across Valley Village together to celebrate the holiday season. Sponsored by Neighborhood Council Valley Village Board of Directors and Student Committee, the evening saw several hundred people joining with newly elected City Councilman Adrin Nazarian and Santa to ring in the 2024 holidays.

NCVV's Board of Directors sponsored a free, two hour self defense class taught by 5th degree black belt Jean Morrison and her assistants Rowena and Kim. A dozen Valley Village stakeholders learned how to defend themselves by exploiting the vulnerable areas of an attacker, and how to think quickly in stressful situations.

Classes start January 7. Sign Up Now for free training on handling disasters for your family and community. Learn about fire suppression, light search and rescue, disaster psychology and more.

NCVV hosted our 3rd Coffee With A Cop event this year, bringing neighbors out to the Valley Village Farmer's Market and Pumpkin Patch to meet Officers Rob and Sean, and pick up fresh produce and pumpkins to carve for Halloween. Be sure to stop by 5000 Colfax Avenue this weekend for great prices on lots of different sizes and shapes of pumpkins.