When I was nine, we moved from the San Fernando Valley (yep, I was a “Valley Girl”) and into Simi Valley a few miles “over the hill,” as the locals refer to the trip through the Santa Susana Pass and back. Before the move, I had, of course, experienced the wind--light breezes catching my hair, packing up and leaving the beach early to avoid the late-afternoon sand swirl, blustery winter and fall storms--or so I thought. The truth is, and any Simi-ite will back me up on this, you have never…

Happy face hill Simi Valley

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Tucked inside a quaint area of Southern California, you'll find a historic park and museum that will take you back in time to the 1800s.

Welcome to Simi Valley Located just minutes from Los Angeles, Simi Valley offers vibrant small town charm full of cultural diversity, historic landmarks

Simi Valley, CA : Alamo Street Palm Trees

Perhaps the most visible cultural icon in Simi Valley is "Happy Face Hill" seen by westbound drivers on the 118 freeway just west of Kuehner Drive . Although Northridge gardener Sonny Klamerus does not own the land used to display his creation that has been there since 1998, apparently

Welcome to Simi Valley

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."