The Costa Mesa venue is where, for the past two decades, she and husband Mike have been selling cigars and smoking-related goods at high-traffic events like the annual O.C.
Currently, cannabis is prohibited at all events on the fairgrounds, as is the sales or marketing of any product containing THC, the psychoactive compound in the plant, or CBD.
Last week, the Orange County Fair & Event Center Board of Directors authorized staff to review its Cannabis Event Policy and determine whether its prohibitions might be adjusted.
She comes from the La Cañada Valley Sun, where she spent six years as the news reporter covering La Cañada Flintridge and recently received a first-place Public Service Journalism award from the California News Publishers Assn.