What's with the smiling face on that hill in Simi Valley?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- If you live or have spent some time in Simi Valley, I’m sure you’ve driven westbound on the 118 and noticed the big happy face on the hillside. FOX 11’s Hal Eisner takes you back to the origins of the face with the Simi Valley mayor, and the one who created the face -- which started as a prank back in 1998. bit.ly/2NXprje
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Im 29 and its been around for as long as I can remember but how else remembers the hart that was on the other side?
ramon lara yup
ramon lara They should put a Weed leaf on that side now!
@99.9%ofHumanMalesareWhores doctors prescribe weed guy, it doesn't cause lung cancer.
ME
Remember it used to change from a heart to a star
I live in Simi, and whenever I come back, I always see this smiley face
Konata Izumi same
Same
Fellow weeb
I Got Zucced I’m a weeb and I’m proud of it
Same
What happened to the heart that was on the other side
jS R They should put a pot leaf where the heart was!
the heart was pretty nostalgic
Judge Solomon Fine let's put a Budweiser symbol! now you can call me an Alcoholic right???
Judge Solomon Drugs are Drugs better stop eating Sugar while you're at it!
Judge Solomon Stop imposing your Racist imperialist views on to others! you use drugs now fall back with that nonsense! practice what you preach
I love this happy face. I like going to Simi and seeing this silly smiling face. It makes me happy. I keep a happy thought when I see it.
I live in Simi and love seeing that happy face, especially in bad times.
Yeah, no.... I worked on maintaining the smiley face as a class project for the bicentennial in 1976 and it was there long before that.
Not saying that this guy isn't responsible for restoring it back in the late 90s but it has been a local icon since at least 1972 when I first moved to the area.
we moved to simi in 69...HS 69 to 73...since the 118 wasn't open there in 72..i doubt anyone saw it driving over..i never did....but damn simi has changed..when we moved there it had around 12,000 people and it was orange groves and radish fields
How can I believe you Jerry? You could be making up a story.
@@angelainejarrett1115 ~ I couldn't care less whether you believe me or not.
But given the sheer number of people posting opposing stories of their own first hand experience, I'd think logic alone would dictate there is reason to doubt the story of the man in this article claiming original creative ownership of the local icon.
But feel free to continue to believe whatever makes you happy.
A lot of people seem to be living in a fact free bubble just fine, now-a-days.
@@bigdickpornsuperstar I know that's why I question EVERYTHING!
He looks downward when complimented on it...like he’s feeling shameful lol. For such a funny guy that’s an odd reaction.
It used to have a heart on the other side x)
I miss Simi Valley, California so much. I lived there from the time I was 3 years old in 1996 to the time where I'm now 27 years old in 2020. I wish I never have to leave my beloved city that I've known for so long. I left Simi Valley just two weeks ago. I now live in Atlanta, Georgia and it's so much different then California. My life has been changed forever.
It's not the same here no more , crazy people from the valley taking over
@@rafaelmartinez733 What crazy people? I was thinking of moving there one day.
I drive from San Bernardino to Oxnard and back, 3 or 4 times every week. Even when I’m not in the most upbeat mood, coming through the Santa Susana Pass, cresting the Rocky Peak and seeing that happy face always brightens my mood.
Thank you, Sonny! 😊
And thanks to Simi Valley for maintaining it! 👍🏼
CalvaryCustoms yes! Many thanks!
Julia Gillin-Berman I drove-through last Friday (12/27), and the whole field was green. Kind of made it harder to see ol’ Smiley.
@@calvarycustoms6681 Yes, it needs some maintenance.
The guy that did this, is without a doubt a great person
That has been there for years. I lived in Simi Valley Ca for 54 years. I used to see that every day coming home from work.
In high school we worked on it for the bicentennial and it's been there ever since I first moved into the area back in 1972, so yeah... this guy may have restored it back in the late 90s, but he didn't create it.
@@bigdickpornsuperstar ive been there since 1955. Born and raised.....remember the bottle house?
Remember when going to the valley was called going "over the hill"? I remember having to use the Pass road to get to the valley.
@@armyretired8885 ~ I was a child living in Camarillo (in the early 60s) when the 101 freeway ended in Calabasas.
Highway 101 was a two lane road.
"Going over the hill" had a completely different context.
@@bigdickpornsuperstar like coming down the 3 mile grade into oxnard?
What's crazy is I drove by there 5 days ago and was wondering who did that and why, today I get a recommendation about the happy face 🤣
Google owns our thoughts.
The force be with you 🖖
It’s been there for years!!! The best part of simi!!!!
It's nice to see positive reporting!!!
Woaaaa I used to live in Simi Valley and drive by that smiley face all the time. Sometimes at night it would light up and brighten my mood. I always wanted to say thank you to the person who truly made it. Oh and ya what happened to the heart on the backside. I NEVER expected it to be on the news.
Took me 25 years to know the background about it damm.. lol
Sonny may have added the smile and eyes but the original circle was created by some dirt bike riders that lived in the housing tract at the bottom of the hill. How do I know? I lived and rode there since 1965 ;-)
Cheers for you Pete! You really got something started :-)
It’s funny cause it appeared on my recommendations and I finally know the history after passing by it for years 😂
I remember the heart on the opposite side and they both used to light up.
My question is...What about the heart?
Oof
It has been gone since I have been gone most likely since 19 something because of the earthquake and fires
i live in Simi, off the same off-ramp. Simi is perfectly represented with it. now who wants to team up and get the heart on the other side of the hill looking good again?
Love the smile! Thank you Sonny!
Don’t worry. Be happy. 😊 Very true words from a man born and raised in Simi Valley.
My grandma lives in Simi, I live in Virginia, but I come once a year, and everytime were taking the freeway back from L.A.X., and I always see it lol, it’s a great greeting from the place that I used to call home. I get to come back in 3 weeks to stay for a week and am so excited
I am a proud southern California guy in the San Fernando valley. Just checking if the face is still there after the fires 😌
Saw it today. Grass around it isn't charred.
@@Jrt804 thanks :)
I remember seeing it as a young kid. That is funny.
For the non locals The Charles Manson caves are just above these hills.
Kevin Patri I heard they closed them? Is it true?
Chris S Yeah it’s super close, when he is going by the sign it’s to the left
@@dapushaman5819 The caves might have been, Ive never found the caves just the rock spot he went to. That might be why It was hard to find
lol kevin patri obviously has never been to or thru the manson caves.... this panzy wldnt even go thru it i guarantee . I have tho over 10 times and there no where near the smile. it is right before box canyon , the first right after the cantina. go up about 100 feet and park , then go up the hillside to ur left. follow trail till u see a whole in a rock. or u can go in thru the exit. Yes the manson rock bong is real and still there.
@@codycarris627 yea CODY that's why I said above, as in over looking in elevation. The only pansy in life is you tough guy keyboard warrior.
What’s really ironic about all this is my name is Sunny- I was born in 1998… at the Simi Valley hospital… hahaha
Lol I drive by that happy face everyday
I moved from simi in 99. That smile was around long before that.
That Sonny is full of shit
I saw that every time i drove in simi Valley it make me happy to see it.
I feel like it was there before 1998. We moved to Simi in 1983 and I'm sure I saw it way before '98.
I moved to simi in 1980 and the face and heart were both already there. So either this story is not accurate or mandella effect.
@@olicc that Sonny is full of shit... I moved to Simi in 1977 and grew up with that face on the hill
I live in Calabasas i see it when i vist my mom makes me happy🤗
O Legend awwww
I moved to Simi Valley in 1991, Smiley face always made me smile; driving home from work up and over rocky peek....
When the news guy put his hand on the guy it was a lil weird and cringe
I love my town!!! #simivalley #ilovesimivalley
Same! I'm happy to be back.
It’s like the red , white , and blue “ LA” sign heading westbound on the 60 freeway nearing the 605 on ramp . I believe the city is City of Industry by the Frys Electronics .
Ohhh thats too cool!!! Ty. Yes i was wondering. 💕💕 congrats Sonny on your world changing for the good. You deserve it. 👍
That smile has been there since I was a kid and when people older than me were kids so why is Fox just now posting this video, this ain't news we all know about this
What about the heart on the other side?
it’s still there just more faint
For people that are arguing if the face was there before, I'm not from Simi Valley, but if you go on Google earth, the earliest images from the area are from '94, where there is no smiley face, and the next one, 2002, there is.
I'm not saying it didn't exist before, but for sure around the time he is claiming it was re-made.
Also, the heart is still there, it's just extremely faint and hard to see and grown over (as of 11/2018).
Love from Simi Valley🤙
I moved away from the area in 1989 and don't remember it from that time. I think the first time I saw it was when I visited family in 2001.
Anyone else got the recommendation and don’t even live near Simi Valley?
Is northeast Texas near simi? 😂
Mike Rotch nope simi is in California 😂
Jackie C wooosh eh?
We go to Simi every few years from Ohio to visit family and this is the first thing I look for when we get there!
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Grew up in simi and remember happy face hill being there before 1998. I’d guess it pre dates 1997. Maybe as old as 1995
Pretty sure I saw that face (minuscule back then) going to High School in the 80's, Simi High, when it was on Cochran St. It was just as big around but not as prominent.
Haha wtf out of the Nowhere TH-cam recommends me this video I am a truck driver and I always pass through there and I see that smiling face all the time this is actually scary for me that TH-cam recommends me this as if it knows that I passed through there all the time
Lmfao LAME BEEN THERE NO ONE IS HAPPY 😂
I been seeing that happy face for many years, I Never knew it was pretty important :)
Love the story.. Makes me smile
My grandma lives near here and when we visit I always see that smiley
I said the same thing he's lieing cause it's part of history and the heart is missing
Shelena Gibbons Kick his ass!
I noticed that too! I live in Simi and I always ask my mom what happened to the heart
LOVE THA HAPPY GAVE IT REALLY BRING A SMILE....LOVE IT..🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂💕💕💕
Everytime I go down that slope, I stare at that smiley face every....damn....time :)
I always rememebr seeing it coming back home from vacation! Good know that theres a reason for it! Haha
I see that face all the time when heading back north. Nice to know the background.
I look for it everytime I drive down the 118!
I know who remade it! It was my mom’s friend and her son.
Actually no
Why is the circle so perfect?
I see it a lot. I see it every time I go to the Walmart. Now I know where it came from
You know you’re home when you see happy face mountain
I love this
I recall it was a peace sign before a face
Because we're Happy here!
What's funny is that I live here lmao XD
Why’s that?
Same
I live right across the Freeway from that😊
This has been around for so long!
I see this alot as I live in simi
What, no shout out to the heart on the other-side? alright. Lol.
Thank you...that happy face make the difference
oh my god i can’t believe our city was on the news hahahah
Love our Happy Face Hill ❤️
Welcome to Smiling Valley. I mean Simi Valley.
That’s been there for at least 15+ years maybe more. I’m 22 and have always seen it
Yees i would see it every-time we would go see my family in Oxnard lol
God bless that man!
Something to smile about after a long hectic night at JHA EV
Great reporter
Love that sign
There was a peace sign on the back of the hill back in the day too
Todd Ramey Yeah that's where all the commie hippies would Smoke their dope probably still do!
I see it every day by my work place CPI ❤
Best thing about Simi Valley 😄
awesome. Thanks a lot. :D
Best part of living in Simi
How could he buy lottery tickets if he couldn't buy food????
brad Brad some people’s priorities are wrong but it worked for him 😂
If a happy face on the hill makes you happy you are weird
Albert use to see that happy face on his way to oxnard.
I'm not crying ur crying 😢☺️☺️♥️♥️
I went by here and its nice :)
Theres a star on the other side
The smiley face was left there by Dr. Manhattan.
Its a Simi reunion here on TH-cam :)
Way to go captain
When I get old I want to get fucked up and draw in the grass.
Its obviously a crop circle 👽😂
I'm surprised at how skinny they all are!?
Aliens made it lol
Mr. Nice guy
Lol no other stories 🤔 a happy face on a hill...
What about the heart?? I live in simi and it is a happy place☺️