It's time to end our obsession with crime rankings
      Maybe Simi Valley would be better off if it had never ap peared on a list of "America's Safest Cities," a ranking trend that began in the mid-'90s and has continued to this day (Simi Valley was No. 25 in 2007).
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For the Record
      The name of the Wood Ranch Elementary School student featured in last week's front page photo was misspelled in the caption. The student is fifth-grader Noah Warmbrand. The Acorn regrets the error.
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