Fireworks are illegal in most of LA, so why do we hear thousands of them each year?
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Fireworks light up over Dodger Stadium. Fireworks are illegal in the City of LA, but the LA Fire Department has a list of professional shows on their website that you can attend through the July 4 weekend.
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It’s officially summer in Los Angeles, and that means beach days, cookouts, your uncle’s weirdly patriotic aprons, and fireworks. It’d certainly be silent without the daily pyrotechnics that pop, crackle and light up as the sun goes down.