Celebrating the Fourth of July in SoCal
The best fireworks spots. Road trip tips. What to serve your guests. All of The Times’ Independence Day coverage to help you have a great holiday weekend.
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Whether you want to stay close to home or go event-hopping, here’s a list of places around L.A. where you can celebrate the nation’s birthday and catch a dazzling fireworks display.
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Southern California pyrotechnicians share their favorite fireworks for awe-inspiring Fourth of July shows, from gold-dusted waterfalls to palm trees.
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A deadly fireworks explosion in Ontario is a reminder of California’s patchwork of pyrotechnics laws: illegal in L.A., legal in the next town over, sometimes. The current status quo partly dates to a Sacramento corruption and sex scandal in the 1980s.
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Anyone found guilty of selling, possessing or using illegal fireworks in L.A. can face a $1,000 fine and/or jail, City Atty. Mike Feuer said.
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Travel tips for L.A. drivers this Independence Day
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Martin Draluck’s recipes nod to two chefs “responsible for us eating things like French fries, ice cream and macaroni and cheese.”
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Chef Martin Draluck prepares a holiday feast that honors some of the earliest Black chefs in the young country.
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‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at the Ahmanson. ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ at the American Cinematheque. Sarah Silverman at the Elysian Theater.
