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Santa visits the Oxnard City Council
TRI TRICOUNTY COUNTY
ENTRY ENTRY VOL. XXVII NO. 49
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DECEMBER 6, 2019
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The Murph has the only 1927 Holt Vintage Trailer in the world.
Muscles & Mojo at the Murph highlights the classics By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com
Oxnard-- People who enjoy classic cars and trucks got a special treat on Dec. 1, as Muscles & Mojo at the Murphy brought a great crowd together that loves the classics. The event had a light turnout, but it didn’t disappoint anyone, as attendees got to see unique vehicles at the Murphy Auto Museum. The event featured plenty of hot coffee, danishes, and good company as attendees enjoyed swapping stories about their rides. Leading the way was Fireball Tim Lawrence, who said Fireball is not his nickname. "That's my legal first name," he said. "My parents gave me that name. I grew up in a Hollywood family, and my parents were writers in the 1960s. My dad wrote "The Outer Limits" and some Twilight Zones." His parents gave him a name that would create "some kind of destiny," but he avoided it in high school. "As I started getting into my name when I went into the film industry as a designer," he said. "I designed cars for about 400 films, along with costumes and weapons." His company took off, and he now runs Fireball Publishing. "I work with David Neal, and I am the design director for the museum," he said. "We joined forces, and now we get to play with cars." Muscles & Mojo at the Murph happens every first Sunday of the month. "We usually have lots of classics, rat rods, muscle cars, and trucks," he said. The duo hosts a second car show in Malibu on the third Sunday of the month called "Wheels & Waves." The collection at the Murph includes cars the museum owns, along with stored vehicles. "It's for people who have their unique vehicles who want to have them n Muscles & Mojo, see page 6
Holiday
shopping
OPENS WITH A BANG AT THE
Channel Islands Farmers Market By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard--The holiday shopping season is off and running, and smart shoppers kicked off their buying at the Channel Islands Farmers Market Holiday Marketplace, Dec. 1.
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ENDORS were ready for the crowd and offered the perfect choices for under the tree on Christmas morning. TK from Super Cream USA was helping people with his cream, which is an all-natural skin conditioner, which aids people who suffer from pain and inflammation. "It was originally developed for
pain because of the arnica," he said. "It is all-natural and has no chemicals or parabens. It's vegan, so it's great for pets, as well." The product caught on big, he said, but people started using it on their skin, so they changed the name. "It used to be called Relieve Lotion," TK said. What separates Super Cream from n Holiday shopping, see page 6
Council passes retail cannabis ordinance By Chris Frost chris@tricountysentry.com Oxnard-- On first reading, Dec. 3, the Oxnard City Council amended the Oxnard City Code to create Regulations for Cannabis Retail Dispensaries. The approval marks the last legislative step in a process that has been part of a go-slow approach to bring cannabis to the city. The item also means a new revenue stream for the city, which is facing a budget crunch. The passage does not mean an end to the budget woes, but council members agree
that it will help. Planning and Sustainability Manager Kathleen Mallory presented the item to the council, and she said the journey towards embracing cannabis began in 2017. During the legislative process, the council took action and defined sensitive uses, so it's consistent with state law. "Through that process, we have developed conceptual maps that implement that feedback the council gave us about the sensitive use buffers," she said. The state's definition of sensitivity use outlines a 600-foot buffer from
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Planning and Sustainability Kathleen Mallory.
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parcel line to parcel line. Mallory said that point is important if there is a parcel with multiple buildings, it can be a large parcel. "You can potentially knock out some viable areas," she said. "The jurisdiction can reduce the buffer, provided you include that reduction by distance in your ordinance. State law does not provide a buffer from residential uses or religious institutions. It's defined as a public, private charter, K-12, commercial daycare, and public parks." During the planning commission phase, the commissioners wanted to
add residential land use as sensitive land use. The planning commission approved the item 4-3. "That was not a piece of information with data analysis we had at that planning commission meeting," she said. Adding residential land use brought the number of potential cannabis sites down from 643 sites to 146 parcels. "This is a big, wide deviation of what the state law defines as a sensitive use," she said. "In our neighboring jurisdictions, only Thousand Oaks n Retail Cannabis, see page 2