The city of Los Angeles is expected to pay at least that much in settlements and judgments this fiscal year. An LAist ...

Sparked by the New Year’s Aliamanu fireworks explosion, which so far has claimed six lives, injured 20 and led to the arrest of a dozen people, Bill 7 seeks to amend the city’s fire code to ...

1 Aliamanu fireworks explosion that killed six people and wounded dozens when a cake of aerial projectiles fell over and fired into a cache of illegal fireworks, detonating them. That deadly New ...

Meanwhile, the group’s work has taken on increased significance following a catastrophic fireworks explosion in Salt Lake on New Year’s Eve that killed six people, including a 3-year-old boy.

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As city settlements near $320 million this year—more than triple what was budgeted—officials warn of approaching crisis ...

Illegal fireworks light the sky in the Punchbowl ... “So even in cases where an officer directly witnesses the explosion, a prosecution for the offense will not result in a conviction.” ...

A Masury man who allegedly set off a large fireworks explosion in his back yard that broke neighbors’ windows and caused items in homes to fall or keel over no longer faces criminal charges, although ...

Among this year's major settlements: $20 million paid to South L.A. residents following the 2021 LAPD bomb squad fireworks explosion that injured 27 people and displaced residents for years.