Fire consumes Simi machine shop
      A fire destroyed a Simi business in an industrial park early Monday morning, fire officials said. The blaze was reported at 4:28 a.m. at H.G. Products, a machine shop at 2190 N. Shasta Way, just off Easy Street.
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Reserve a spot in the street fair
Consumer-friendly event set for Sat., May 9
      Applications are available for the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual Street Fair scheduled for 9 a.m. Sat., May 9 on Cochran Street between Galena and Sequoia in Simi Valley. "The Street Fair is a great community event and the perfect venue for showcasing Simi Valley's best businesses, service and nonprofit organizations.
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Day of events planned for Holocaust remembrance
Public asked to share WWIIera artifacts
      Mount Sinai Memorial Parks and Mortuaries will host its fourth annual Yom HaShoah/Holocaust commemoration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun., April 19 at Kamenir Chapel, 6150 Mount Sinai Drive, Simi Valley. The public is invited. Registration of artifacts and books will start at 9 a.m. Participants are encouraged to bring artifacts from the pre- to post-war periods.
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Should the government tax marijuana?
      As state and federal governments struggle with a sagging economy and declining revenues, a call for the legalization and taxing of marijuana has picked up steam. The U.S. Attorney General, in a related move, recently announced that sellers of medical marijuana would no longer be prosecuted.
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