The Bee’s annual intern firework review is back! After a brief hiatus, this year’s cohort of summer reporting interns revamped the series, bonding over the sights and sounds of a collection of “Safe ...

The Fourth of July is just around the corner — which means parades, pool parties, barbecues and, of course, fireworks. Some social media users have already been reporting explosions lighting up the ...

Fire departments around the central San Joaquin Valley have been warning residents against the use of illegal fireworks in celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. The city of Selma will “continue ...

In 1972, a 15-year-old Modesto boy died a day after a “homemade firecracker pipe rocket embedded itself in his head,” according to a Modesto Bee report. The tragedy added fuel to then-Modesto Fire ...

Bee County Commissioners have said no way to using fireworks to observe Memorial Day. Bee County did approve the sale of fireworks for Texas Independence and San Jacinto days, however. Those fall on ...