These Instagram accounts are run by San Fernando Valley residents and provide updates from community members, photographers, and small businesses in the San Fernando Valley. (Photo courtesy of Blue Hour Valley)

This list is alphabetized by city. In it, you’ll find local vendors for balloons, charcuterie boards, chocolate covered strawberries, flowers, picnics, and more.

Hot chicken is all the rave among foodies, and the San Fernando Valley is serving it ~hot~. The one photographed here is from Hawaiian Hot Chicken in Northridge.

Try not to drool as you see the Black-owned joints in the Valley — from African food to burgers to seafood.

We try to spend our money where it pays for our neighbors’ groceries and not for a millionaire’s third vacation home.

From small businesses to bookstores to non-profits to photography to fashion, these Valley Instagram accounts have got it all.