2009 is our 11th year of the best Christmas displays & lights in California
Welcome to the 2009 Edition of the Lights of the Valley Website, where we feature the best & brightest Christmas light displays from the San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley areas.

Now with 346 Houses (308 confirmed for 2009), in 90 Cities, in 22 Counties across Northern California.

You are 1 of 6 visitors on the site now (Site last updated: 07/20/2010)
NOTE: The LOTV site always Closes on New Years Day.
All Star Ratings Prior to that Date, will be Frozen when the Site Closes!
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Alameda County: Alameda, Castro Valley, Dublin, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Union CityButte County: ChicoContra Costa County: Antioch, Clayton, Concord, Danville, Discovery Bay, Oakley, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Rodeo, San Ramon, Walnut CreekEl Dorado County: Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills, PlacervilleFresno County: FresnoHumboldt County: EurekaMarin County: Mill Valley, Novato, San RafaelMerced County: DelhiNapa County: American Canyon, NapaPlacer County: Lincoln, Rocklin, RosevilleSacramento County: Antelope, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Orangevale, Rancho Cordova, SacramentoSan Francisco County: San FranciscoSan Joaquin County: Lathrop, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, TracySan Mateo County: Millbrae, Pacifica, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San FranciscoSanta Clara County: Campbell, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara, SunnyvaleSanta Cruz County: Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, SoquelShasta County: Anderson, Redding, Shasta LakeSolano County: Benicia, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, VacavilleSonoma County: Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, WindsorStanislaus County: Ceres, ModestoSutter County: Yuba CityYolo County: Davis, West Sacramento
News and Updates
Radio stations KKIQ / KKDV interviewed Lights of the Valley's Alex Dourov on December 17, 2009. Listen to the interview here (download 5½ minute mp3 file).

NOVA TV, a European television network, broadcast this video across 8 countries in Europe about Alex Dourov and Lights of the Valley on December 24, 2009. This version of the video does NOT have a narration, but download this PDF FIRST, which contains the narration as translated into English (from Croatian).

Lights of the Valley was featured LIVE on the CBS5 Hi-5 Helicopter flyover at 6:47 am on December 18th. Watch the video here (there is a commercial first).

Check out our Daily Stats
768,383 Visitors Since 1999. 260,893 Visitors in 2009!
This website is a community service provided by Alex Dourov, Utkaduck Design. It costs hundreds of dollars each year to bring this site to you.

Please consider a small donation to help offset the costs that are incurred each year is maintaining and updating this site.

Thanks for Supporting us Year After Year
Your continuous promotion of this website truly helps it be known in the community as the great resource that it has become.

Also a great big thanks to: Valley Times, The Pleasanton Weekly, Tri-Valley Herald, Independent News and Best of Bay Area for your articles.

A Very Special Thanks to our Technology Providers:
Without the generosity of these technology providers, this site would not be as useful and usable as it is. I am truly grateful for their investments in helping me bring this community service site to you.

InfoQuest Technologies, a leading provider of web hosting and other hosted Internet Business Solutions, has provided Lights of the Valley with "advanced" web hosting for a number of years.

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