Simi Valley, California

Simi Valley is an incorporated city located in the extreme southeast corner of Ventura County, California, bordering the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. As of the 2004 census, the city had a total population of 119,987.

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Ventura County - California - San Fernando Valley - Los Angeles

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The city is located 40 miles northwest of Los Angeles, 400 miles south of San Francisco, 150 miles north of San Diego, and 350 miles south of Sacramento. Commutes to Los Angeles are easy via the 118 Freeway and the Southern California Metrolink Commuter Train, which makes several daily trips from Simi Valley. Total area: 39.2 square km.

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Known primarily as the home of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, it also regularly ranks first or second "safest city in America" in annual surveys (among all cities with populations above 100,000, alternating with Thousand Oaks) and gained notoriety as the location of the infamous trial (1992) of Los Angeles Police Officers accused of beating Rodney King that sparked riots in Los Angeles on April 29, 1992.

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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - Thousand Oaks - 1992 - Rodney King - April 29

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Simi Valley is home to the curious California Historical Landmark Grandma Prisbey's Bottle Village.

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California Historical Landmark - Grandma Prisbey's Bottle Village

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