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The owner of Old Corner Saloon in Clements, California, was arrested and charged for allegedly selling fake COVID-19 vaccine cards, California state officials announced Wednesday.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) officials received a complaint that the saloon owner was selling fake vaccination cards and opened an investigation in April, according to the agency. Undercover ABC agents allegedly purchased fraudulent vaccination cards from the Old Corner Saloon on multiple occasions in April, the agency said.
“Agents arrested the owner of the business on allegations of selling the fraudulent cards,” a California ABC Spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “He was booked at the local county jail on charges of violating Penal Code Section 471.5 (altering a medical record), Penal Code Section 472 (forgery of a public seal), Penal Code Section 530.5 (identity theft), and Penal Code Section 182(a) (conspiracy).”
Wine Bar Owner Faces Criminal Charges Over COVID-19 Violations
A wine bar owner in Santa Barbara County is facing four criminal charges for keeping his business open during the state’s pandemic restrictions, making him one of the few business owners in California formally charged by the state for defying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders.
Kurt Hixenbaugh, 49, and his wife, Dawn, have owned Vino et Amicis in Old Town Orcutt since 2018. He is a former police officer with the San Luis Obispo Police Department, and a U.S. Army veteran with no previous criminal record.
Hixenbaugh says he was having a drink in his bar after hours while interviewing a potential employee last August when three undercover agents from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) came in. They then cited him for allegedly serving alcohol indoors, which was against public health orders at the time.
Fraudulent Vaccine Cards
Clements, CA Undercover state agents investigated an illegal operation at a bar just west of Calaveras County.
Old Corner Saloon Owner Todd Anderson was selling fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards at the establishment in Clements. Agents were able to purchase the cards on several occasions throughout the month of April.
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) says Anderson was caught with numerous fraudulent cards, and equipment to make them. The bar is located at 18783 East California Highway 88 in Clements. An additional employee is also under investigation.
San Joaquin County District Attorney Tori Verber Salazar says, “it is disheartening to have members in our community show flagrant disregard for public health i
After having its license suspended late last year following numerous complaints, Grass Valley’s 1849 Brewing Co. will now be allowed to expand its hours and its beer garden.
On Tuesday the Grass Valley Planning Commission approved a use permit amendment allowing the bar to stay open an extra hour. Its new hours will be 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Last October the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) suspended the bar’s alcohol license for 45 days for operating a “Disorderly Premises,” citing allegations of public drunkenness, fights, assaults, reports of illegal drugs, public urination and noise complaints.
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Goes Live with New Statewide Licensing Platform
HHS Technology Group developed agile system to streamline registration process for alcoholic beverage servers, licensees, and training providers
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/
HHS Technology Group, LLC™ (HTG) announced today that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has gone live with the Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) portal, an application that enables alcoholic beverage servers, licensees, and training providers to ensure compliance with mandatory training requirements.
The RBS portal provides customized access based on user roles and was established with the goal of providing alcohol servers the necessary skills to responsibly serve alcoholic beverages and mitigate alcohol-related harm in California communities.