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A group of ten photographers got together this year to showcase the annual Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks for a video unlike previous editions. What if each of them showed the display from a different point of view throughout the city? (Watch the results above.) And that’s exactly what they did. Evelyn Schmitt, who lives on […]
Ever wonder how many fireworks are brought to the Manhattan Beach Pier each year and how they got blasted off? In this video interview from 2023, John Nunan, who produces the fireworks show for the Fireworks America company, reveals all. The 2024 Skecher’s Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Show is Sunday, 12/8 and the presentation begins […]
Avenue I fireworks show canceled The annual Avenue I “Keep the Esplanade Beautiful” fireworks show will not take place this Fourth of July because of costs, according to Joan Irvine, Keep the Esplanade Beautiful founder. She noted that the price to put on the full festival – including live music and beer garden – would […]
by Kevin Cody Fines for possession of fireworks in Hermosa Beach were increased from $250 to $1,500 for the first violation, under an urgency ordinance approved by the City Council on a four to one vote Tuesday night, June 25. Fines for second, and third fireworks violations will escalate to $3,000 and $5,000, respectively. Property […]
Redondo Beach Fireworks King Harbor, 208 Yacht Club Way 9 p.m. Bring your blankets or chairs and get ready for an amazing pyrotechnic show! The fireworks will be launched off a barge about 300 yards away from the Redondo Beach Pier. There will be several vantage points from the pier and along the beach to […]
The rockets red glaring Dear ER: We hear explosions/fireworks in south Hermosa Beach almost every night. Sunday night around 1 a.m., there was a massive barrage of fireworks shot in the sky around the area of 2nd Street and The Strand. This was followed by a huge explosion a few minutes later. We have called […]