The Fourth of July is a big day for fireworks, cookouts and parades ... 25 of them were made only to the stars on the flag. Since 1818, the number of stars on the flag, by law, must always ...

The Los Angeles Police Department’s botched detonation of illegal fireworks in South L.A. in 2021 has cost the city $9.5 million so far, the controller’s office reported Thursday. City ...