Talk:Simi Valley, California
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Hazards - the recent entry: "While most of Ventura County is known for its mild year-round climate, Simi Valley has a similar climate to that of the San Fernando Valley. This means extreme summer heat alternates with milder winters" seems to be in the wrong category (suggest creating "Climate") and using verbiage that is debatable (_extreme_ summer heat). More useful would be information on average temperature, rainfall, trends, etc.
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."
