VOL. XXIX NO. 35
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District 19 State Senator Monique Limón
LIMÓN EXPLAINS THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET
AUGUST 27, 2021
VINTAGE VW CAR SHOW IS W E L C O M I N G
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By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry
Sacramento-District 19 State Senator Monique Limón has created a video explaining California’s “Build Back Boldly” budget for the fiscal year 20212022. The budget provides relief for families, seniors, small businesses, non-profits, and local governments that have suffered through the pandemic while building the state’s reserves to $25.2 billion. “There is over $8 billion in direct relief to Californians and over $300 million to address EDD delays,” she said. “For healthcare, it expands Medicare eligibility to all income-eligible Californians n Limón, see page 7
By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry
Andre Toselli from Airhead Parts in Ventura said 110 VWs were taking part in the Vintage VW Car Show. He’s been a VW fan since he was five years old. “My cousin, for some reason I’ll never understand, picked me up to go on a date; he took me on his date, he was 19, and we went to see Star Wars,” he said. “I went to see Star Wars in a Volkswagen Beetle, and I have been selling Volkswagen parts for 20 years, and I have Star Wars tattoos. It must have made some kind of impression.” He loves hanging out with everyone who loves VWs. “I’ve been organizing this for close to 10 years,” he said. “I’ve been doing the Canada to Mexico cruise since around the time that I took this over.
Channel Islands-- The spirit of 1959 was alive at Channel Islands Harbor Sunday, August 22, as the 2021 Vintage VW Car Show brought a large crowd of car buffs who came out to relive Volkswagen’s first American advertising slogan, “Think Small.”
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HE event featured Volkswagens galore, including Beetles, Buses, Karmann Ghias, Type 3’s, Things, Buggies, Kustoms, Rods, Trikes, air-cooled VW’s and Vanagons at Harbor View Park.
n Car Show, see page 4
Surfside Condominium collapse tests Fire Chief Alexander Hamilton By Chris Frost Tri County Sentry
(Photo courtesy Alexander Hamilton)
Oxnard Fire Chief Alexander Hamilton (left) discusses support strategies at Champlain Towers South in Florida.
Oxnard-- On Thursday, June 24, tragedy struck in Surfside, Florida, as Champlain Towers South, a 12 story beachside condominium complex, partially collapsed, leaving 98 people
confirmed dead. The City of Oxnard was at the scene. Fire Chief Alexander Hamilton was deployed as the chief leader of a group of peer support firefighters and clinicians from around the country dispatched to Miami, Florida, because of the Surfside
building collapse. Hamilton’s team primarily gave mental health support for the firefighters who responded to the building collapse for the first few days and the search and rescue teams that did the recovery work. n Surfside, see page 5