LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas isn’t canceling or scaling back plans for big New Year’s gatherings amid concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, regional public safety and elected leaders said Wednesday. More than 300,000 visitors are expected in town for events including a New Year’s Eve fireworks show on the Las Vegas Strip…
Officials: Vegas Fireworks Show Will Go On, 300,000 Visitors Expected
Santa Ana Moves Forward With Potential Fireworks Ban
December 27, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—The City of Santa Ana is drafting up an ordinance that would allow voters to decide on banning fireworks throughout the city. Council agreed Dec. 21 to draft an ordinance that will be reviewed by a committee before potentially being placed on a ballot. Councilmembers Thai Viet Phan, Nelida Mendoza, David Penaloza, and…
Trafalgar Square Event and Live Broadcast to Replace London’s New Year Fireworks
This year’s London New Year fireworks display will be replaced by a “broadcast spectacular” and Trafalgar Square event after the show was scrapped due to COVID uncertainty. Set to be shown live exclusively on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, the broadcast will celebrate the capital and highlight the defining moments of 2021. The programme will…
Sydney Scraps Famous NYE’s Family Fireworks Display Despite Upcoming Plans to Reopen
Sydney has scrapped its New Year’s Eve (NYE) family fireworks show for the second year in a row, despite being weeks away from reopening, with authorities saying the move is needed for the event to be managed in the “most COVID-safe way” possible. There will be a fireworks display from the Sydney Harbour Bridge at…
Los Angeles Families Impacted by Fireworks Blast Demand City Repair Their Homes
LOS ANGELES—South Los Angeles families planned a rally on Aug. 16 outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters and City Hall to demand the city immediately fix their damaged homes and hold officers accountable for a destructive fireworks blast set off by a bomb squad on June 30. The families are seeking immediate repairs for their…
Illegal Fireworks Injure 9 People, Including 6 Children
July 13, 2021
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A Santa Ana, Calif. man is facing a life sentence after an illegal Fourth of July fireworks show in Garden Grove left nine people—including six children—injured. Some of the children were sent to the hospital with severe facial and scalp injuries following the explosion on the 13800 block of Rosita Place. The blast shattered the…
Fourth of July Fireworks Cause Wildlife Mayhem
July 7, 2021
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—It was a busy Independence Day weekend for the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach, where scores of injured animals were treated for injuries resulting from panic-inducing fireworks. Debbie McGuire, executive director of the center, told The Epoch Times that concern about domesticated animals being traumatized by fireworks is always in…
911 Callers Urge Help for Hockey Player Killed by Fireworks
A woman told a 911 dispatcher that Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks was “getting ready to go into convulsions” after he was struck in the chest by an errant Fourth of July fireworks mortar blast at a Michigan home. The call was one of three released Tuesday in connection with Kivlenieks’ death, which police…
4 Hurt by Fireworks Accident at Ohio Block Party
Police in Ohio say stacks of fireworks piled next to a rental truck ignited and set off a cascade of explosions at a Fourth of July block party in Toledo. Four people were hurt but none of the injuries are life threatening. Video captured by a neighbor shows people yelling and running for cover as…
Blue Jackets Goalie Matiss Kivlenieks Dies After Fall Trying to Escape Fireworks Malfunction
By Brian Hedger From The Columbus Dispatch COLUMBUS, Ohio—Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks died Sunday night as the result of an accident, police confirmed. According to the Novi Police Department, which is still investigating, Kivlenieks, 24, appeared to sustain a head injury while trying to escape a hot tub after a fireworks malfunction. “From what…
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