Talk:Simi Valley, California

message: * Information on "the wash" ie the flood control channel that runs the the length of Simi Valley - by Rancho Simi Park, Frontier Park & Darrah Park. I was told while being raised there that "the wash" was built by the Army Corps of Engineers. What brought them into do that? When was that done? Possibly to be rooted under the Infrastructure section.
* Information on the water supply. Again rooted under Infrastructure.
* Royal Ave. was named after a horse named "Royal". The horse took this path from one end of Simi to the other.
    The horse's name was Queenie. She needed a royal path to trot on. That's the story I heard, anyway. I wouldn't know how to source that story, though.
* Corriganville. The movie sets for Lassie, The Lone Ranger & African Queen etc.
--MD (talk) 21:17, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Candidates For Inclusion

message: I removed the reference to contamination from the SSFL being in Simi Valley.  While this is a claim that some have made, there is no objective evidence that any contamination from the operations at SSFL have ever made it to Simi Valley, nor effected residents of Simi Valley, simply from just living there.  There has been some chemical and tritium contamination verified past the borders of the SSFL property but these area are not in the City of Simi Valley and therefore the Health and Hazards of living in Simi Valley should not be miligned by this allegation.  Just trying to keep the record straight....
17:08, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I reintroduced the section on radioactive contamination under hazards.  If it doesn't belong there perhaps under industry or somewhere under notable historical occurrences or somewhere. Ozmaweezer 15:19, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
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message: Simi Valley was not "the location of the infamous Rodney King trial that sparked riots in Los Angeles in 1992." This statement is only partialy true. It was the location of the trial for the OFFICERS that were accused of beating Rodney King.  The trial was located there because the media had saturated the Los Angeles area to the point that the officers lawyers were not confident that they would recieve a fair trial.  They chose Ventura county as the original location but the Ventura County Courthouses were too far from Los Angeles.  Conveniently, the new East Ventura County Courthouse in Simi Valley had just been finished so it was decided to locate the trial there.
The aquittal of the officers on April 29, 1992 was the spark that started the riots.
I know this because I lived in Simi Valley.
A more accurate way to rewrite this sentence would be to say "the location of the infamous Los Angeles Police Officers' (Rodney King Beating) Trials that sparked riots in Los Angeles on April 29, 1992." 
: Simi Valley received some controversy for holding that trial, in belief the city was one of the least diverse/most white communities in Southern California was thought to be "safe" to hold that trial. 71.102.13.174 (talk) 01:32, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This section is far too long. It is a very minor part of the story of the valley. Valetude (talk) 11:13, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rodney King Trial 

message: I changed the east to west under In film, in reference to the Cat in the Hat movie.  I live in West Simi, and it was next to my house.  Also, The Benchwarmers was filmed in East Simi, but I don't know how much of it was.  In addition, I believe that The Lone Ranger had some sequences filmed in East Simi, but have only heard this, and do not know if this is correct. - signed by anon IP
: In the movie Joe Dirt the main character found his long lost parents living in Simi Valley. 71.102.13.174 (talk) 01:32, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simi Valley in film 

message: This now-16-year-old actor(famous for ABC's Complete Savages and currently of "Cory in the House") is a Simi Valley native...please include him under the Famous Residents category/listing...Michaela92399 03:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Jason Dolley

message: The Cascade tunnel is longer, and was completed sooner. See Cascade Tunnel
LorenzoB (talk) 23:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Tunnel 26