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Kern County upholds 30‑day suspension, $500 fine for Niles Market after underage tobacco sale
Summary
The Kern County Board of Supervisors denied an appeal by Niles Market owners and upheld a 30‑day suspension of the store's tobacco retailer permit plus a $500 administrative penalty after county public‑health underage purchase surveys found two violations within five years.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors on April 29 denied an appeal from Niles Market and upheld a 30‑day suspension of the business’s tobacco retailer permit and a $500 administrative penalty for selling tobacco to an underage decoy.
The board action followed a summary from Brynn Kerrigan, director of Kern County Public Health, who described the county’s risk‑based retail tobacco program and the ordinance that sets escalating penalties for repeated violations. Kerrigan told the board the facility’s second documented violation within five years led the Administrative Review Board to sustain the penalty and suspension.
Kerrigan said county staff use an underage decoy—an extra‑help employee younger than the legal purchasing age—who…
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