Patchwork rules and insufficient resources allowed illegal fireworks to persist across the county, according to the report.

Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email realitycheck@sacbee.com. A raid on a Southern California ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. July 4 weekend often has many fireworks and pyrotechnics, but one 2012 display went off the rails and is still an internet ...

Ron Burgundy would've had a field day with this story. A Fourth of July fireworks show in San Diego lasted just 15 seconds on Wednesday, when what organizers called "a technical glitch" caused all of ...

SAN DIEGO — The Fourth of July fireworks show above San Diego Bay was over before it was supposed to start after a malfunction caused the display that was planned to last nearly 20 minutes to burn up ...