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"content": "\u003cp>Tucked in a side street near Fisherman’s Wharf, soccer fans like Nesrine Williams have gathered at a local Algerian restaurant, KAYMA, to watch their team compete in this year’s FIFA \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/world-cup\">World Cup\u003c/a> tournament.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a really big deal, and I feel so proud to be Algerian,” said Williams, who brought her family here to watch the Algeria versus Argentina match. “A lot of people don’t know about Algeria, and oftentimes, the best players for teams like France are actually Algerian.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, she said, “It’s so nice to share this experience with my daughter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From watch parties like that at KAYMA to protests outside stadiums, diaspora communities across the Bay Area are coming together \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088838/2026-world-cup-is-putting-fifas-rules-on-political-neutrality-to-the-test\">around the World Cup\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s tournament is bigger than ever before, with 48 national teams — up from 32 in the 2022 tournament — and 104 games spread out across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089043 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01140_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans watch the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup game at KAYMA Algerian Eatery in San Francisco on June 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While ticket sales and hotel bookings have fallen short of expectations for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086953/the-world-cup-has-arrived-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-is-anyone-else-coming\">international travelers\u003c/a> coming for the games, it’s been a moment of celebration for many people from immigrant backgrounds watching their favorite teams play so close to their homes in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My whole family is in Algeria on my dad’s side. Their players are always more raw and talented than you expect,” said Ben Imadali, who was also watching the game over a bowl of lentil soup at KAYMA. “I’m just stoked for my family; they’re all sitting out there watching this game. I’m not even the biggest soccer fan, but for me it’s a familial connection, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Just be fans and just belong’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For others who were forced to leave their home countries, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088756/in-a-rainbow-trimmed-robe-at-the-world-cup-a-gay-qatari-doctor-advocates-for-equal-rights\">physician Nasser Mohamed\u003c/a>, the World Cup has also renewed concerns and tensions over global politics and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 24, Mohamed fled Qatar, where it is illegal to be openly gay, and landed in San Francisco. With the World Cup putting Qatar on the national stage, Mohamed, one of the very few Qatari people who is publicly out, is using the moment to draw attention to LGBTQ+ rights in his home country, but this comes with real risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087523\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087523\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260613_WorldCup_EG_046-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of people exit Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the Qatar versus Switzerland World Cup match on Saturday, June 13, 2026. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mohamed attended the World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland at Levi’s Stadium, dressed in a ceremonial Arab cloak with rainbows. Even with security and a seat next to Sen. Scott Wiener, Mohamed said the attention felt dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was numb. I felt like I had to leave my body to stand there and be visible, because I know they want to hurt me. I have death threats against me right now,” Mohamed told KQED. “A lot of us in the United States have fled political persecution, and now they are all coming to us here where we have sought refuge.”[aside postID=news_12088198 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260622-WCJORALG-KQED-05-KQED.jpg']The head-turning at the soccer stadium hasn’t slowed him down. Mohamed has been organizing Pride events around the World Cup all month to help more residents feel safe and supported around the tournament and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people react violently to the fact that we just sit in the stands,” he said. “And that’s where we need some advocacy, to just be fans and just belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say ongoing international issues like the U.S. war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s aggressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086777/a-warm-world-cup-welcome-us-immigration-policies-have-chilling-effect\">immigration enforcement campaign\u003c/a> have contributed to the lower-than-expected World Cup turnout from international travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ticket prices, inflation fears and the so-called ‘Trump slump’ are putting fans off, with hotel rates down by a third in host cities from Atlanta to San Francisco,” a \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/fifa-world-cup-sports-economy-growth/\">post\u003c/a> from the World Economic Forum read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While travel from abroad has dipped, the matches have nonetheless drawn local demonstrators out to protest the political backdrop to the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087615/protests-and-celebrations-iranians-in-los-angeles-have-mixed-feelings-on-world-cup\">Hundreds of Iranian Americans demonstrated\u003c/a> outside the first Iran match in Los Angeles earlier this month. While thousands of fans cheered inside SoFi Stadium, those on the outside challenged the team for supporting the Iranian government in Tehran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089050\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089050\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260625-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans react to a goal during a FIFA World Cup match between the United States and Turkey at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco on June 25, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But inside the homes, bars and restaurants where fans are gathering to watch the tournament, they’re also contending with their mixed feelings of celebration and conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milka Pineda is of Mexican descent and hopes the team will win this year. She attended a watch party at Mad Dog in the Fog, a bar in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, on a recent Thursday night to watch Australia versus Paraguay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s cool, but it would be nicer if, you know, there weren’t all of these political issues going on,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This beautiful moment’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Down the bar at Mad Dog in the Fog, Guatemala-born Kevin Ocha kept an eye on Paraguay, whose team had knocked out Guatemala to qualify for the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My country has never made it into the World Cup. This year they came very close,” he said — and if his team were to make it in the future, he said he would be thrilled. “Soccer originated out of the Mayan culture, and Guatemala is Mayan, so it’s a very big deal for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089040\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA-TV-00451-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer for Mexico as they watch the team score a goal at a Mexico vs. Korea World Cup game at a watch party at Mad Dog in the Fog in San Francisco on June 18, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Back at KAYMA, the restaurant’s owner and head chef, Wafa Bahloul, said that the World Cup has been a chance to showcase the Algerian food and culture she loves with anyone who wants a place to sit and watch some soccer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if they ultimately watched Algeria lose 3-0 to Argentina that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12089045 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260617-WORLDCUPDIASPORA01364_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mounir Bahloul (left) and Wafa Bahloul (right) pose for a portrait at a watch party for the Argentina vs. Algeria World Cup game at KAYMA Algerian Eatery in San Francisco on June 17, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is so special for us. It reminds me of the kind of events we do in Algeria; we gather all together around the food, laughing and telling stories,” Bahloul said in between rushing out plates to customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really a unique thing and doesn’t happen every day,” she said. “We really want to take advantage, as much as we can, of this beautiful moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Mohamed has been organizing Pride events around the World Cup all month to help more residents feel safe and supported around the tournament and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people react violently to the fact that we just sit in the stands,” he said. “And that’s where we need some advocacy, to just be fans and just belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say ongoing international issues like the U.S. war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s aggressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086777/a-warm-world-cup-welcome-us-immigration-policies-have-chilling-effect\">immigration enforcement campaign\u003c/a> have contributed to the lower-than-expected World Cup turnout from international travelers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ticket prices, inflation fears and the so-called ‘Trump slump’ are putting fans off, with hotel rates down by a third in host cities from Atlanta to San Francisco,” a \u003ca href=\"https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/fifa-world-cup-sports-economy-growth/\">post\u003c/a> from the World Economic Forum read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While travel from abroad has dipped, the matches have nonetheless drawn local demonstrators out to protest the political backdrop to the World Cup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12087615/protests-and-celebrations-iranians-in-los-angeles-have-mixed-feelings-on-world-cup\">Hundreds of Iranian Americans demonstrated\u003c/a> outside the first Iran match in Los Angeles earlier this month. 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The department’s full communications push — reaching businesses, updating websites — wasn’t scheduled until July, the month before the change would take effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Pam Foley called that sequence backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parking meters in San José on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear the community at large did not know about this increase,” Foley said. “Whether the downtown business association knew or not or attended the meetings, that’s really irrelevant. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> has postponed its plan to double parking meter rates and extend paid hours in the heart of downtown, after small business owners and service workers said the city never consulted them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council voted unanimously on Tuesday to defer the proposal until August, giving the city time to do community outreach that several officials acknowledged should have happened months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan would raise the hourly meter rate from $2 to $4 for roughly 900 parking spaces located within two blocks of a city parking garage, and extend paid parking hours in the urban core from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at about 1,600 parking spaces. According to a city memo, the changes were expected to generate roughly $1.2 million in annual revenue, plus an estimated $70,000 in additional citation revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increase had already been built into the 2026-2027 budget adopted earlier this year, which is part of why it arrived for what was supposed to be routine approval on the consent calendar, rather than as a standalone item with dedicated public input.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a number of small businesses, ground-floor retail businesses, reach out and express their concern over the lack of public engagement on this item,” said Councilmember George Casey, who made the motion to defer. “Somewhere along the line, the ball got dropped.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan to capitalize on increased nightlife downtown, most recently due to a surge of traffic from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088198/what-it-was-like-inside-levis-for-the-algeria-vs-jordan-world-cup-match\">FIFA World Cup\u003c/a>, ran afoul of downtown restaurant and bar owners, workers and residents, who said during the meeting the increase would hit the service industry hardest and at exactly the wrong hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-05-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A parking compliance vehicle in San José on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>George Lahlouh, an owner of M.O. Hospitality, which operates five bars and restaurants downtown and employs 200 people, told the council the timing of the extended hours was the main issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Extending paid meter hours until 9 p.m. and raising key downtown meters to $4 an hour affects the exact hours when restaurants, bars, cafes, venues and events are working to bring people back to downtown,” Lahlouh said. He noted that 90 minutes of free garage parking “does not always cover dinner, drinks, shows, or a full downtown experience. For employees, it does not cover a normal shift by far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions from KQED, the city’s Department of Transportation defended the increase as long overdue. Spokesperson Colin Heyne said meter rates had not been raised since 2014, and that the operating hours for most meters had gone unchanged for more than two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said San José’s $2 rate sits below peer cities — Oakland charges up to $4 an hour, Sacramento up to $6, and San Francisco up to $13 — and that even after the increase, San José would remain tied for the lowest meter rates in the region while continuing to offer free parking on Sundays.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Low rates and free on-street parking after 6 p.m. appear to allow some cars to park for long stretches, limiting availability for other customers, Heyne said. San José operates \u003ca href=\"https://parksj.org/\">seven\u003c/a> public garages with more than 6,000 spaces, including roughly 3,600 downtown spaces that offer 90 minutes of free parking, with monthly passes starting at $100. The city also offers a discounted \u003ca href=\"https://parksj.org/info-for-businesses/\">permit\u003c/a> for downtown employees earning less than 30% above minimum wage, though there is no special meter rate for workers, students or commuters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason Greer, a longtime restaurant manager who said he spoke on behalf of his back-of-house staff, said the rate hike would eat into already-thin wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most of the employees are not making over $20 an hour,” Greer said. “Taking $4 is taking a huge portion of their pay, and it’s inappropriate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Faria, a small business owner and chair of the SoFA District Committee, a group advocating for downtown businesses, argued the plan assumed the city could pull $1.2 million out of the local economy without changing how people behave — that customers and workers would simply absorb the higher cost rather than spend less or stay away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That money has to come from somewhere, and it ultimately comes from the pockets of working people and customers who are already stretched,” Faria said. “If we want a stronger downtown, we should be reducing friction, not adding to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Hoshii, deputy director of the Department of Transportation, told the council most outreach had been done internally, through the budget study sessions, and that an email to the Downtown Association in early May offering a meeting had been missed. The department’s full communications push — reaching businesses, updating websites — wasn’t scheduled until July, the month before the change would take effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vice Mayor Pam Foley called that sequence backward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260623-SJParking-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parking meters in San José on June 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear the community at large did not know about this increase,” Foley said. “Whether the downtown business association knew or not or attended the meetings, that’s really irrelevant. What is relevant is that the small business owners here didn’t know about it. And really, I think we need to take ownership of that outreach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the revenue was already counted in the budget, the deferral carries a cost. Budget Director Jim Shannon said the delay would reduce revenue by roughly $150,000 to $200,000. But he said he did not expect any impact on city services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, who represents downtown, floated the idea of spreading a smaller increase across the whole city rather than doubling the cost for the downtown spaces. Foley raised concerns that a citywide change would require far broader outreach than could be done by August. The council also asked staff to study possible parking discounts or set-asides for downtown employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nate LeBlanc, economic development director at the San José Downtown Association, had asked for the deferral on similar grounds and noted the proposal skipped a key step by never going before the city’s downtown parking board. He said it’s “probably inevitable that some new revenue needs to be raised,” but argued the city could find a way “without negatively impacting our service industry and our visitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>This Fourth of July marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. And the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> will be taking its celebrations to a whole new level accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major highlight will be San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">annual free fireworks show\u003c/a> taking place not at its usual Fisherman’s Wharf location but on the Golden Gate Bridge itself – \u003ca href=\"https://www.goldengate.org/july-4-golden-gate-bridge-fireworks-show/\">only the third time this has happened\u003c/a> in almost a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(What will \u003cem>not\u003c/em> be happening on July Fourth: a FIFA World Cup match between Team USA and Team England in Philadelphia, despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/06/17/could-the-usa-play-england-on-july-4th-fifa-bracket/90590652007/\">the wishes of some on the internet\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with fireworks galore, there will be a host of events throughout the Bay Area reflecting on America’s past and present — not just parades and parties, but crucial remembrances, exhibits and teach-ins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So keep reading for what to know about fireworks (and drone) shows on the Fourth of July, 2026, from where you can safely view an official fireworks show, tips on comforting your pets, or navigating the holiday’s sights and sounds if you are living with post-traumatic stress disorder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning on buying your own fireworks, be careful. Since unofficial fireworks can cause truly dangerous situations — burning and seriously injuring people, sparking wildfires, and causing major property damage — fireworks are also banned in many parts of California. You can \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#jumpstraighttooursectionontipsandregulationsaroundfireworks\">jump straight to our section on tips and regulations around fireworks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fourth of July fireworks and drone shows around the Bay Are\u003cstrong>a \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>July 4 this year falls on a Saturday, and most fireworks and festivities will be happening that day, usually starting after dusk, around 9:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not \u003cem>all \u003c/em>of the celebrations will take place on that Saturday, so be sure to check the date and time of the event before you head out. Some events may require tickets in advance, so be sure to keep an eye out for that or possible cancellations due to interruptions like bad weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouettes of two or more people are thrown into relief by the explosions of fireworks in the distance over a city setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegal fireworks light up the sky in the Potrero Hill neighborhood on July 4, 2020, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s fireworks in San Francisco will be set off from the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, July 4, rather than the show’s usual spot at Fisherman’s Wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">a thorough page on details about the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks,\u003c/a> but the highlights are that the show is free and will start around 9:30 p.m. The best viewing locations are Crissy Field, Marina Green and Pier 39 and Northern Embarcadero. For those who don’t mind \u003ca href=\"https://www.schramsberg.com/events/america250-2/\">spending a bit of money\u003c/a>, there will be private cruise options for the fireworks viewings, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca--san-francisco/july-4-fireworks/\">tickets available on Eventbrite\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heads-up: The city’s website recommends\u003cem> avoiding \u003c/em>the Ferry Building and Embarcadero waterfront, since there will be no view of the fireworks there. Views of the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks will also be limited at Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, a PSA for drivers in the area on July 4: The Golden Gate Bridge will be fully closed to cars \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">“from shortly before” the 9:30 pm scheduled display start time \u003c/a>until “shortly after” the end of the fireworks show, according to the city. “Closure duration may change based on operational needs,” the city’s website reads. “Expect delays before the bridge reopens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge’s sidewalks will also be closed to pedestrians and cyclists at certain times on July 4, with the east sidewalk closed as early as the morning of July 3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">Read the full list of closures on sf.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/Calendar.aspx?EID=23116&month=7&year=2026&day=3&calType=0\">Fireworks at Marina Bay Park\u003c/a> in Richmond\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-of-july-fireworks-cruise-san-francisco-tickets-1989191915567\">Watching the San Francisco fireworks from a cruise\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://annual.alamedacountyfair.com/drone-show-2/\">Fireworks at the Michelob Ultra Grandstand\u003c/a> in Pleasanton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.moraga.ca.us/419/July-4-Celebration-Fireworks\">Fireworks at Hacienda de las Flores Park\u003c/a> in Moraga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofmartinez.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/2224/399?curm=7&cury=2026\">Fireworks along the Martinez shoreline \u003c/a>in Martinez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.antiochca.gov/221/Fourth-of-July-Celebration\">Fireworks at Waldie Plaza\u003c/a> in Rivertown\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://phjuly4.com/fireworks\">Fireworks show at College Park High School\u003c/a> in Pleasant Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.concordjuly4th.com/festival/\">Festival & Fireworks at Mt. Diablo High School\u003c/a> in Concord\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CityOfPittsburgCa/posts/celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-at-the-pittsburg-marinaget-ready-for-an-unf/1427974609360338/\">Fireworks at Pittsburg Marina\u003c/a> in Pittsburg\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088472\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty-1536x1038.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegal fireworks are detonated in this view from the King Estate Open Space Park in East Oakland, California, on July 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sixflags.com/cagreatamerica/events/fireworks\">Fireworks Celebration at the Great America amusement park\u003c/a> in Santa Clara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/parks-recreation/special-events/4th-of-july-celebration\">Celebration with a view of Great America’s fireworks at Mission College\u003c/a> in Santa Clara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.comfortinnmorganhill.com/blog/celebrate-independence-day-at-morgan-hill-freedom-fest-2026\">Fireworks at Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2025-26/Shoreline-4th-of-July\">Fireworks Spectacular at Shoreline Amphitheatre\u003c/a> in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parade.org/\">Fireworks at the Port of Redwood City\u003c/a> in Redwood City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cupertino.gov/Parks-Recreation/Events/Fourth-of-July\">Fireworks at Hyde Middle School\u003c/a> in Cupertino\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZtAWlQEmyI/\">Drone show at Lake Cunningham\u003c/a> in San José\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 3: \u003ca href=\"https://visitshastalake.com/freedom-250/\">Drone Show at Shasta Dam\u003c/a> in Shasta Lake\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.suisun.com/Events-directory/4th-of-July-Celebration-2026\">Fireworks on the Suisun City Waterfront\u003c/a> in Suisun City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-spirit-ship-celebration-on-mare-island-july-4-2026-tickets-1987655394792?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Drone on the Mare Island Waterfront\u003c/a> in Vallejo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://donapa.com/event/fourth-of-july-napa-drone-show/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22632002387&gbraid=0aaaaadlb7sbfabkokjrqsvc6du0xi8-x0&gclid=cjwkcajw9ancbhaweiwaqbj-c2xr3wy3hk8kfbbmu6t4351ovoe5zmiycvohzlqhihk0ak-i-h9ygboc2ogqavd_bwe&__hstc=31770721.79fbd7f1328bca5a72c8504d7cad1739.1750797064720.1750797064720.1750797064720.1&__hssc=31770721.1.1750797064721&__hsfp=2138463993&hsutk=79fbd7f1328bca5a72c8504d7cad1739&contenttype=standard-page\">Drone show at Oxbow Commons\u003c/a> in Napa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacity.org/event/4th-of-july-parade-celebration-fireworks-show-3/\">Fireworks at General Vallejo’s field\u003c/a> in Sonoma\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://visitcalistoga.com/events/4th-of-july-laser-light-show/\">Laser Light Show at Pioneer Park\u003c/a> in Calistoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.americancanyon.gov/Live/Community-Calendar/4th-of-July\">Fireworks at Independence Park\u003c/a> in American Canyon\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Fourth of July parades, festivals and parties around the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 2: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-first-thursdays-w-peaches-christs-variety-show-jul-2-2026-tickets-1980042444252?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Downtown First Thursdays with Peaches Christ’s Variety Show near Natoma Cabana\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 2: \u003ca href=\"https://luma.com/sf-independence\">Independence Pre-Party at The Bank at Amador\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 3 to July 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/fourth-of-july-weekend-2026-on-sf-bay-2290659\">Fourth of July sailing on San Francisco Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fourth-of-july-pub-crawl-hot-dog-eating-contest-tickets-1983146875690?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Pub Crawl and Hot Dog Eating Contest at Rick & Roxy’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rb-and-ribs-san-francisco-4th-of-july-tickets-1990829291001?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">R&B and RIBS at the Mint\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boomboom-madonna-night-tickets-1991591048438?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Madonna Night at Beaux\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://discoverytrail250.org/RelayDayMap.php?date=2026-07-04®ion=West\">The Golden Gate Bridge stretch of the American Relay \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://goldengateparkband.org/calendar/happy-250th-america\">A concert with the Golden Gate Park Band at the Spreckles Temple of Music\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-perreo-latin-rave-experience-emporium-9pm-tickets-1989769357712?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Super Perreo: Latin Rave Experience at Emporium Arcade Bar\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088474\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks illuminate the city during a Fourth of July celebration as seen from San Francisco’s Bay Bridge at Fort Baker in Sausalito, California, on July 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 3: An \u003ca href=\"https://www.510families.com/calendar/moonlight-movies-aladdin/\">outdoor showing\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.danville.ca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=4000&month=7&year=2026&day=25&calType=0\">\u003cem>Captain America: The First Avenger \u003c/em>at the Town Green\u003c/a> in Danville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedaca.gov/Shortcut-Content/Events-Activities/July-4th-Parade\">City of Alameda Fourth of July Parade\u003c/a> in Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://uss-hornet.org/event/4th-of-july-250th-birthday-of-america/\">America’s 250th Birthday aboard USS Hornet\u003c/a> in Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://piedmont.ca.gov/news/events/4th-of-july-parade\">Parade and picnic \u003c/a>in Piedmont\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.srvkiwanis.org/parade\">Fourth of July Parade\u003c/a> in Downtown Danville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://downtownmartinez.org/4th-of-july-parade\">Fourth of July Parade\u003c/a> in Downtown Martinez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanpabloca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=7005&month=7&year=2026&day=4&calType=0\">Multicultural Fourth of July Celebration at the San Pablo Community Center\u003c/a> in San Pablo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.antiochca.gov/221/Fourth-of-July-Celebration\">Fourth of July Celebration and Parade at Waldie Plaza\u003c/a> in Antioch\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://phjuly4.com/parade\">Fourth of July Parade\u003c/a> in Pleasant Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZobLGNlarR/\">Festival at Monarch Bay Golf Club\u003c/a> in San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://redoakvictory.us/events/\">Party on the SS Red Oak Victory\u003c/a> in Richmond\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CityofSouthSanFrancisco/posts/celebrate-americas-250th-birthday-with-the-south-san-francisco-community-at-a-sp/1410742167755823/\">Parade and picnic\u003c/a> in downtown South San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rwbsj.org/the-parade\">Rose, White and Blue parade and festival\u003c/a> in San José\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parade.org/parade/\">Fourth of July Parade and Festival\u003c/a> in Downtown Redwood City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.menlopark.gov/Citywide-calendar/Community-events/20260704-4th-of-July\">Fourth of July Parade, picnic and circus at Burgess Park\u003c/a> in Menlo Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=5047&month=7&year=2026&day=4&calType=0\">Fourth of July Parade at Town Hall\u003c/a> in Los Altos Hills\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 1 to July 5: \u003ca href=\"https://marinfair.org/\">Stars, Stripes and Stories at the Marin County Fair\u003c/a> in San Rafael\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 3: \u003ca href=\"https://cityofsthelena.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=2932\">Celebration at Crane Park\u003c/a> in St. Helena\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacity.org/event/4th-of-july-parade-celebration-fireworks-show-3/\">Fourth of July Parade at the Plaza\u003c/a> in Sonoma\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>America 250 exhibits and longer-term events\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Through Jan. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.huntington.org/exhibitions/this-land-is\">“This Land Is …” Exhibition at MaryLou and George Boone Gallery\u003c/a> in San Marino\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 21 to July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-announces-installation-with-49-beams-of-light-to-rise-above-civic-center-during-historic-summer-for-san-francisco\">“7X7,”\u003c/a> a public light installation in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/commemorating-250-years-of-sf-at-its-birthplace-tickets-1990599811622\">Commemorating 250 Years of SF at its Birthplace at Manny’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 29 to July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/250th-anniversary-weeklong-pass-tickets-1990810200902?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">A weeklong “exploration into the past, present, and future of SF & the United States” at Manny’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Through Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.losaltoshistory.org/exhibit/commemorating-americas-250th/\">The Spirit of ’76 at the Los Altos History Museum\u003c/a> in Los Altos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 1 to July 8: \u003ca href=\"https://discoverytrail.org/adt-relay-calendar\">A cross-country relay across America starts on Limantour Beach\u003c/a> in Marin County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-07-01/humanities-west-presents-250th-anniversary-declaration-independence\">Humanities West presents the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\u003c/a> at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 2: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/commemorating-250-trans-250-art-exhibit-tickets-1990883647583\">Trans 250 Art Exhibit at Manny’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 11: \u003ca href=\"https://portchicagoweekend.org/event-omca.html\">Mutiny at Port Chicago: Black Resistance and Redemption at the Oakland Museum of California\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Something else to bear in mind: Until July 6, California State Parks is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1533\">offering a downloadable free pass\u003c/a> to celebrate America 250, which can be used for free entry to all state historic parks through Dec. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"jumpstraighttooursectionontipsandregulationsaroundfireworks\">\u003c/a>Crucial reminders for fireworks safety in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How personal fireworks — and bonfires — can injure or kill you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before considering the huge risks of sparking a wildfire (more on this below), setting off your own fireworks — even when legally purchased in one of the areas that permits them — can be incredibly dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a 2023 safety briefing, Dr. Clifford Sheckter, Director of the Regional Burn Center at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, gave graphic examples of the kinds of injuries — and even deaths — that attempting to set off your own fireworks can incur. On mortar-style fireworks, Sheckter warned that “if those go off in your hand, you are losing fingers, if not your whole hand. If this goes off by your face, you could end up blind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while sparklers might strike many folks as a small, innocuous kind of personal firework on July Fourth, Sheckter noted that not only are they illegal in many areas, but sparklers can also pose massive threats to children. “Kids think it’s a popsicle: They put it in their mouths, they put it near their faces, they give themselves pretty severe burns and end up on the burn unit for one to two weeks,” he warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11935568\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An ambulance outside of a hospital.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Fire Department ambulance leaves the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Jan. 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, also told KQED in 2019 that \u003ca href=\"https://sf-fire.org/safety-resources-and-information/fireworks-safety\">sparklers are illegal in San Francisco\u003c/a> (and yes, sparklers are considered fireworks \u003ca href=\"https://www.calcityfire.us/residents/fireworks-info#:~:text=Are%20Sparklers%20Legal%20in%20California,dangerous%20fireworks%20and%20are%20illegal.\">according to the state\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sparklers burn at 1,800 degrees, which is [hot] enough to burn gold,” Baxter said. “So if it can burn gold, you can imagine what it can do to your hand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheckter particularly stressed the importance of not mixing alcohol and drugs with fireworks or fire, noting that “one of the most common injuries” his burns unit sees around the Fourth of July is incurred by people “mixing alcohol and bonfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get wasted and fall into a bonfire, you’re either going to die, or you’re going to end up severely burned and on my burn unit for the next six months,” Sheckter said, warning of so-called sixth-degree burns that can extend down into a person’s bones. Injuries from these kinds of burns, Sheckter said, are very difficult to reconstruct and often necessitate tissue grafts or prostheses. Curious children wandering around campsites and grasping coals, embers or fire pit rings are also a common source of pediatric injuries.[aside postID=news_12086445 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GettyImages-597922087.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How personal fireworks can spark wildfires at this time of year\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/skip-the-fireworks-this-record-dry-4th-of-july-over-150-wildfire-scientists-urge-the-us-west-163561\">over 150 fire scientists\u003c/a> were moved enough to join many fire officials across the West in urging residents to abandon their plans to launch personal fireworks on July Fourth because of the wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mishandled fireworks, specifically around the Fourth of July in California, have caused real damage in the past. In 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/06/27/fourth-of-july-gone-bad-fireworks-casualty-warns-of-holiday-hazard/\">a reveler set off fireworks\u003c/a> in Yolo County near the Monticello Dam, igniting a 6,500-acre blaze that took days to put out, injured five firefighters and drove dozens of people from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1944577/keep-your-fireworks-from-becoming-a-wildfire-this-fourth-of-july\">full list of tips on preventing causing a wildfire with your fireworks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/news-and-events/page-resources/2023-news/062923-fireworks?sc_lang=zh-TW&switch_lang=true\">Bay Area Air Quality Management District\u003c/a> also warned that “smoke from exploding fireworks results in elevated levels of particulate matter close to the ground, making it difficult for people to breathe, and may trigger asthma attacks, coughing, wheezing and eye irritation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the local level, personal fireworks can cause unhealthy buildup in particulate matter pollution over the July 4 holiday,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/news-and-events/page-resources/2023-news/062923-fireworks?sc_lang=zh-TW&switch_lang=true\">a 2023 statement reads\u003c/a>. “‘Safe and sane’ fireworks, like those purchased at pop-up fireworks stands, contain metal salts used to produce colors and can also cause excessive smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you’re planning to light up some fireworks or simply watch them from afar, here are a few safety tips compiled from experts around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check if your community allows for personal fireworks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some types of fireworks — or any fireworks at all — are illegal in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A legal firework has gone under testing by the state to ensure that the characteristics of it are inherently safer than those that don’t get our safety seal,” Daniel Berlant, deputy director of community wildfire preparedness and mitigation at Cal Fire, told KQED in 2022. “Really, any firework that explodes, goes up in the air or moves around the ground uncontrollably are considered illegal fireworks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check this list to find out \u003ca href=\"https://ca-fireworks.presskit247.com/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=508\">whether fireworks are legal in your city this Fourth of July\u003c/a> (and be sure to check any dates that apply).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11878946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks.jpg\" alt=\"A display of fireworks in the city.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-800x436.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-1020x556.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-1536x838.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unsanctioned fireworks displays are seen over the East Bay on July 4, 2013. \u003ccite>(Eugene Eric Kim/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Know that in some communities, even viewing an illegal fireworks show can get you into hot water. For example, in 2023, the City of San José began “holding spectators responsible for their role in the use of dangerous and illegal fireworks” by making anyone who is \u003ca href=\"https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT10PUPEMOWE_CH10.17FI_PT2SAUSPOSTFI_10.17.105SPPRFIEX\">“knowingly present and watching a fireworks exhibition”\u003c/a> subject to a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fireworks are also not permitted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1283#:~:text=No%20Fireworks%3A%20As%20a%20reminder,completely%20before%20leaving%20your%20site.\">California state parks\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/news/use-and-possession-of-fireworks-are-illegal-on-all-land-managed-by-national-park-service.htm\">National Park Service\u003c/a> land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check what \u003cem>kinds \u003c/em>of fireworks are allowed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although certain fireworks are legal in much of California, the state has a zero-tolerance policy for both the sale and use of illegal fireworks, and violators may face fines of up to $50,000 and jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illegal fireworks include firecrackers, Roman candles, skyrockets, bottle rockets, aerial shells and other fireworks that move on the ground or in the air uncontrollably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want to do a quick check? Look for the Safe and Sane label that indicates fire marshal approval. But sometimes \u003cem>even \u003c/em>Safe and Sane fireworks are banned, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7371/4699\">in San José\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you do set off fireworks, plan your location wisely\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as being sure whether fireworks are even legal in your city this Fourth of July, consider where you’re setting them off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really are urging people to be extra cautious in wildland areas,” said Cal Fire’s Berlant, who notes that even in urban areas, fireworks can still spark a wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11552046\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks.jpg\" alt=\"Unsanctioned fireworks are seen over Oakland on July 4, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-800x486.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-1020x620.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-1180x717.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-960x584.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-240x146.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-375x228.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-520x316.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unsanctioned fireworks are seen over Oakland on July 4, 2017. \u003ccite>(Theodore Roddy/YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berlant recommends you make “sure that Safe and Sane fireworks are used in areas that are cleared from vegetation” and are lit in “parking lots or in driveways that are surrounded by nothing that could catch on fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be ready to douse a fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Never point fireworks at yourself or another person, and never attempt to relight or fix a firework that won’t light. Designate a sober, responsible adult to light up the fireworks. Light one firework at a time, far away from dry grass, and have a bucket of water or a hose handy in case something goes wrong. Also, this may sound obvious, but alcohol and fireworks do not mix well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Properly dispose of fireworks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the celebration, all used and misfired fireworks should be submerged in water for 15 minutes and wrapped in a plastic bag to keep them from drying up. Then, toss them in the household trash. Any unused fireworks that have not expired should be kept in a cool, dry place away from children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a thorough guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045728/2025-fourth-of-july-fireworks-san-francisco-bay-area-near-me-friday-pets-ptsd#ptsd\">firework safety for people with PTSD\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045728/2025-fourth-of-july-fireworks-san-francisco-bay-area-near-me-friday-pets-ptsd#pets\">what to do with anxious pets during July Fourth celebrations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So keep reading for what to know about fireworks (and drone) shows on the Fourth of July, 2026, from where you can safely view an official fireworks show, tips on comforting your pets, or navigating the holiday’s sights and sounds if you are living with post-traumatic stress disorder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re planning on buying your own fireworks, be careful. Since unofficial fireworks can cause truly dangerous situations — burning and seriously injuring people, sparking wildfires, and causing major property damage — fireworks are also banned in many parts of California. You can \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#jumpstraighttooursectionontipsandregulationsaroundfireworks\">jump straight to our section on tips and regulations around fireworks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fourth of July fireworks and drone shows around the Bay Are\u003cstrong>a \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>July 4 this year falls on a Saturday, and most fireworks and festivities will be happening that day, usually starting after dusk, around 9:30 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not \u003cem>all \u003c/em>of the celebrations will take place on that Saturday, so be sure to check the date and time of the event before you head out. Some events may require tickets in advance, so be sure to keep an eye out for that or possible cancellations due to interruptions like bad weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouettes of two or more people are thrown into relief by the explosions of fireworks in the distance over a city setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/230628-SAN-FRANCISCO-FIREWORKS-GETTY-SM-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegal fireworks light up the sky in the Potrero Hill neighborhood on July 4, 2020, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s fireworks in San Francisco will be set off from the Golden Gate Bridge on Saturday, July 4, rather than the show’s usual spot at Fisherman’s Wharf.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">a thorough page on details about the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks,\u003c/a> but the highlights are that the show is free and will start around 9:30 p.m. The best viewing locations are Crissy Field, Marina Green and Pier 39 and Northern Embarcadero. For those who don’t mind \u003ca href=\"https://www.schramsberg.com/events/america250-2/\">spending a bit of money\u003c/a>, there will be private cruise options for the fireworks viewings, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/d/ca--san-francisco/july-4-fireworks/\">tickets available on Eventbrite\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heads-up: The city’s website recommends\u003cem> avoiding \u003c/em>the Ferry Building and Embarcadero waterfront, since there will be no view of the fireworks there. Views of the Golden Gate Bridge fireworks will also be limited at Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, a PSA for drivers in the area on July 4: The Golden Gate Bridge will be fully closed to cars \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">“from shortly before” the 9:30 pm scheduled display start time \u003c/a>until “shortly after” the end of the fireworks show, according to the city. “Closure duration may change based on operational needs,” the city’s website reads. “Expect delays before the bridge reopens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge’s sidewalks will also be closed to pedestrians and cyclists at certain times on July 4, with the east sidewalk closed as early as the morning of July 3. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/event-20260704-fourth-of-july-fireworks-on-golden-gate-bridge\">Read the full list of closures on sf.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 3: \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/Calendar.aspx?EID=23116&month=7&year=2026&day=3&calType=0\">Fireworks at Marina Bay Park\u003c/a> in Richmond\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-of-july-fireworks-cruise-san-francisco-tickets-1989191915567\">Watching the San Francisco fireworks from a cruise\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://annual.alamedacountyfair.com/drone-show-2/\">Fireworks at the Michelob Ultra Grandstand\u003c/a> in Pleasanton\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.moraga.ca.us/419/July-4-Celebration-Fireworks\">Fireworks at Hacienda de las Flores Park\u003c/a> in Moraga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofmartinez.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/2224/399?curm=7&cury=2026\">Fireworks along the Martinez shoreline \u003c/a>in Martinez\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.antiochca.gov/221/Fourth-of-July-Celebration\">Fireworks at Waldie Plaza\u003c/a> in Rivertown\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://phjuly4.com/fireworks\">Fireworks show at College Park High School\u003c/a> in Pleasant Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.concordjuly4th.com/festival/\">Festival & Fireworks at Mt. Diablo High School\u003c/a> in Concord\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CityOfPittsburgCa/posts/celebrate-americas-250th-anniversary-at-the-pittsburg-marinaget-ready-for-an-unf/1427974609360338/\">Fireworks at Pittsburg Marina\u003c/a> in Pittsburg\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088472\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088472\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/EastOaklandFireworksJuly4Getty-1536x1038.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illegal fireworks are detonated in this view from the King Estate Open Space Park in East Oakland, California, on July 4, 2021. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sixflags.com/cagreatamerica/events/fireworks\">Fireworks Celebration at the Great America amusement park\u003c/a> in Santa Clara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/our-city/departments-g-z/parks-recreation/special-events/4th-of-july-celebration\">Celebration with a view of Great America’s fireworks at Mission College\u003c/a> in Santa Clara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.comfortinnmorganhill.com/blog/celebrate-independence-day-at-morgan-hill-freedom-fest-2026\">Fireworks at Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center\u003c/a> in Morgan Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2025-26/Shoreline-4th-of-July\">Fireworks Spectacular at Shoreline Amphitheatre\u003c/a> in Mountain View\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parade.org/\">Fireworks at the Port of Redwood City\u003c/a> in Redwood City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.cupertino.gov/Parks-Recreation/Events/Fourth-of-July\">Fireworks at Hyde Middle School\u003c/a> in Cupertino\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZtAWlQEmyI/\">Drone show at Lake Cunningham\u003c/a> in San José\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 3: \u003ca href=\"https://visitshastalake.com/freedom-250/\">Drone Show at Shasta Dam\u003c/a> in Shasta Lake\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.suisun.com/Events-directory/4th-of-July-Celebration-2026\">Fireworks on the Suisun City Waterfront\u003c/a> in Suisun City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-spirit-ship-celebration-on-mare-island-july-4-2026-tickets-1987655394792?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Drone on the Mare Island Waterfront\u003c/a> in Vallejo\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://donapa.com/event/fourth-of-july-napa-drone-show/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22632002387&gbraid=0aaaaadlb7sbfabkokjrqsvc6du0xi8-x0&gclid=cjwkcajw9ancbhaweiwaqbj-c2xr3wy3hk8kfbbmu6t4351ovoe5zmiycvohzlqhihk0ak-i-h9ygboc2ogqavd_bwe&__hstc=31770721.79fbd7f1328bca5a72c8504d7cad1739.1750797064720.1750797064720.1750797064720.1&__hssc=31770721.1.1750797064721&__hsfp=2138463993&hsutk=79fbd7f1328bca5a72c8504d7cad1739&contenttype=standard-page\">Drone show at Oxbow Commons\u003c/a> in Napa\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacity.org/event/4th-of-july-parade-celebration-fireworks-show-3/\">Fireworks at General Vallejo’s field\u003c/a> in Sonoma\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://visitcalistoga.com/events/4th-of-july-laser-light-show/\">Laser Light Show at Pioneer Park\u003c/a> in Calistoga\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.americancanyon.gov/Live/Community-Calendar/4th-of-July\">Fireworks at Independence Park\u003c/a> in American Canyon\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Fourth of July parades, festivals and parties around the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 2: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-first-thursdays-w-peaches-christs-variety-show-jul-2-2026-tickets-1980042444252?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Downtown First Thursdays with Peaches Christ’s Variety Show near Natoma Cabana\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 2: \u003ca href=\"https://luma.com/sf-independence\">Independence Pre-Party at The Bank at Amador\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 3 to July 5: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/fourth-of-july-weekend-2026-on-sf-bay-2290659\">Fourth of July sailing on San Francisco Bay\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fourth-of-july-pub-crawl-hot-dog-eating-contest-tickets-1983146875690?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Pub Crawl and Hot Dog Eating Contest at Rick & Roxy’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rb-and-ribs-san-francisco-4th-of-july-tickets-1990829291001?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">R&B and RIBS at the Mint\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boomboom-madonna-night-tickets-1991591048438?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Madonna Night at Beaux\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://discoverytrail250.org/RelayDayMap.php?date=2026-07-04®ion=West\">The Golden Gate Bridge stretch of the American Relay \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://goldengateparkband.org/calendar/happy-250th-america\">A concert with the Golden Gate Park Band at the Spreckles Temple of Music\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-perreo-latin-rave-experience-emporium-9pm-tickets-1989769357712?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Super Perreo: Latin Rave Experience at Emporium Arcade Bar\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088474\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/SFFireworksGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fireworks illuminate the city during a Fourth of July celebration as seen from San Francisco’s Bay Bridge at Fort Baker in Sausalito, California, on July 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>East Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 3: An \u003ca href=\"https://www.510families.com/calendar/moonlight-movies-aladdin/\">outdoor showing\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.danville.ca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=4000&month=7&year=2026&day=25&calType=0\">\u003cem>Captain America: The First Avenger \u003c/em>at the Town Green\u003c/a> in Danville\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.alamedaca.gov/Shortcut-Content/Events-Activities/July-4th-Parade\">City of Alameda Fourth of July Parade\u003c/a> in Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca 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href=\"https://phjuly4.com/parade\">Fourth of July Parade\u003c/a> in Pleasant Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DZobLGNlarR/\">Festival at Monarch Bay Golf Club\u003c/a> in San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://redoakvictory.us/events/\">Party on the SS Red Oak Victory\u003c/a> in Richmond\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>South Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CityofSouthSanFrancisco/posts/celebrate-americas-250th-birthday-with-the-south-san-francisco-community-at-a-sp/1410742167755823/\">Parade and picnic\u003c/a> in downtown South San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.rwbsj.org/the-parade\">Rose, White and Blue parade and festival\u003c/a> in San José\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.parade.org/parade/\">Fourth of July Parade and Festival\u003c/a> in Downtown Redwood City\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.menlopark.gov/Citywide-calendar/Community-events/20260704-4th-of-July\">Fourth of July Parade, picnic and circus at Burgess Park\u003c/a> in Menlo Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=5047&month=7&year=2026&day=4&calType=0\">Fourth of July Parade at Town Hall\u003c/a> in Los Altos Hills\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>North Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>July 1 to July 5: \u003ca href=\"https://marinfair.org/\">Stars, Stripes and Stories at the Marin County Fair\u003c/a> in San Rafael\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 3: \u003ca href=\"https://cityofsthelena.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=2932\">Celebration at Crane Park\u003c/a> in St. Helena\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonomacity.org/event/4th-of-july-parade-celebration-fireworks-show-3/\">Fourth of July Parade at the Plaza\u003c/a> in Sonoma\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>America 250 exhibits and longer-term events\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Through Jan. 11: \u003ca href=\"https://www.huntington.org/exhibitions/this-land-is\">“This Land Is …” Exhibition at MaryLou and George Boone Gallery\u003c/a> in San Marino\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 21 to July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-announces-installation-with-49-beams-of-light-to-rise-above-civic-center-during-historic-summer-for-san-francisco\">“7X7,”\u003c/a> a public light installation in San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 29: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/commemorating-250-years-of-sf-at-its-birthplace-tickets-1990599811622\">Commemorating 250 Years of SF at its Birthplace at Manny’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>June 29 to July 4: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/250th-anniversary-weeklong-pass-tickets-1990810200902?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">A weeklong “exploration into the past, present, and future of SF & the United States” at Manny’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Through Nov. 8: \u003ca href=\"https://www.losaltoshistory.org/exhibit/commemorating-americas-250th/\">The Spirit of ’76 at the Los Altos History Museum\u003c/a> in Los Altos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 1 to July 8: \u003ca href=\"https://discoverytrail.org/adt-relay-calendar\">A cross-country relay across America starts on Limantour Beach\u003c/a> in Marin County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 1: \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-07-01/humanities-west-presents-250th-anniversary-declaration-independence\">Humanities West presents the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence\u003c/a> at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 2: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/commemorating-250-trans-250-art-exhibit-tickets-1990883647583\">Trans 250 Art Exhibit at Manny’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>July 11: \u003ca href=\"https://portchicagoweekend.org/event-omca.html\">Mutiny at Port Chicago: Black Resistance and Redemption at the Oakland Museum of California\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Something else to bear in mind: Until July 6, California State Parks is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1533\">offering a downloadable free pass\u003c/a> to celebrate America 250, which can be used for free entry to all state historic parks through Dec. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"jumpstraighttooursectionontipsandregulationsaroundfireworks\">\u003c/a>Crucial reminders for fireworks safety in the Bay Area\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How personal fireworks — and bonfires — can injure or kill you\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before considering the huge risks of sparking a wildfire (more on this below), setting off your own fireworks — even when legally purchased in one of the areas that permits them — can be incredibly dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a 2023 safety briefing, Dr. Clifford Sheckter, Director of the Regional Burn Center at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, gave graphic examples of the kinds of injuries — and even deaths — that attempting to set off your own fireworks can incur. On mortar-style fireworks, Sheckter warned that “if those go off in your hand, you are losing fingers, if not your whole hand. If this goes off by your face, you could end up blind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while sparklers might strike many folks as a small, innocuous kind of personal firework on July Fourth, Sheckter noted that not only are they illegal in many areas, but sparklers can also pose massive threats to children. “Kids think it’s a popsicle: They put it in their mouths, they put it near their faces, they give themselves pretty severe burns and end up on the burn unit for one to two weeks,” he warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11935568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11935568\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"An ambulance outside of a hospital.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS46625_009_SanFrancisco_Hospital_01142021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco Fire Department ambulance leaves the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Jan. 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department, also told KQED in 2019 that \u003ca href=\"https://sf-fire.org/safety-resources-and-information/fireworks-safety\">sparklers are illegal in San Francisco\u003c/a> (and yes, sparklers are considered fireworks \u003ca href=\"https://www.calcityfire.us/residents/fireworks-info#:~:text=Are%20Sparklers%20Legal%20in%20California,dangerous%20fireworks%20and%20are%20illegal.\">according to the state\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sparklers burn at 1,800 degrees, which is [hot] enough to burn gold,” Baxter said. “So if it can burn gold, you can imagine what it can do to your hand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sheckter particularly stressed the importance of not mixing alcohol and drugs with fireworks or fire, noting that “one of the most common injuries” his burns unit sees around the Fourth of July is incurred by people “mixing alcohol and bonfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get wasted and fall into a bonfire, you’re either going to die, or you’re going to end up severely burned and on my burn unit for the next six months,” Sheckter said, warning of so-called sixth-degree burns that can extend down into a person’s bones. Injuries from these kinds of burns, Sheckter said, are very difficult to reconstruct and often necessitate tissue grafts or prostheses. Curious children wandering around campsites and grasping coals, embers or fire pit rings are also a common source of pediatric injuries.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How personal fireworks can spark wildfires at this time of year\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/skip-the-fireworks-this-record-dry-4th-of-july-over-150-wildfire-scientists-urge-the-us-west-163561\">over 150 fire scientists\u003c/a> were moved enough to join many fire officials across the West in urging residents to abandon their plans to launch personal fireworks on July Fourth because of the wildfire risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mishandled fireworks, specifically around the Fourth of July in California, have caused real damage in the past. In 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/06/27/fourth-of-july-gone-bad-fireworks-casualty-warns-of-holiday-hazard/\">a reveler set off fireworks\u003c/a> in Yolo County near the Monticello Dam, igniting a 6,500-acre blaze that took days to put out, injured five firefighters and drove dozens of people from their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1944577/keep-your-fireworks-from-becoming-a-wildfire-this-fourth-of-july\">full list of tips on preventing causing a wildfire with your fireworks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/news-and-events/page-resources/2023-news/062923-fireworks?sc_lang=zh-TW&switch_lang=true\">Bay Area Air Quality Management District\u003c/a> also warned that “smoke from exploding fireworks results in elevated levels of particulate matter close to the ground, making it difficult for people to breathe, and may trigger asthma attacks, coughing, wheezing and eye irritation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the local level, personal fireworks can cause unhealthy buildup in particulate matter pollution over the July 4 holiday,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/news-and-events/page-resources/2023-news/062923-fireworks?sc_lang=zh-TW&switch_lang=true\">a 2023 statement reads\u003c/a>. “‘Safe and sane’ fireworks, like those purchased at pop-up fireworks stands, contain metal salts used to produce colors and can also cause excessive smoke.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you’re planning to light up some fireworks or simply watch them from afar, here are a few safety tips compiled from experts around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check if your community allows for personal fireworks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some types of fireworks — or any fireworks at all — are illegal in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A legal firework has gone under testing by the state to ensure that the characteristics of it are inherently safer than those that don’t get our safety seal,” Daniel Berlant, deputy director of community wildfire preparedness and mitigation at Cal Fire, told KQED in 2022. “Really, any firework that explodes, goes up in the air or moves around the ground uncontrollably are considered illegal fireworks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check this list to find out \u003ca href=\"https://ca-fireworks.presskit247.com/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=508\">whether fireworks are legal in your city this Fourth of July\u003c/a> (and be sure to check any dates that apply).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11878946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11878946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks.jpg\" alt=\"A display of fireworks in the city.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1047\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-800x436.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-1020x556.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/OaklandFireworks-1536x838.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unsanctioned fireworks displays are seen over the East Bay on July 4, 2013. \u003ccite>(Eugene Eric Kim/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Know that in some communities, even viewing an illegal fireworks show can get you into hot water. For example, in 2023, the City of San José began “holding spectators responsible for their role in the use of dangerous and illegal fireworks” by making anyone who is \u003ca href=\"https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT10PUPEMOWE_CH10.17FI_PT2SAUSPOSTFI_10.17.105SPPRFIEX\">“knowingly present and watching a fireworks exhibition”\u003c/a> subject to a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fireworks are also not permitted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1283#:~:text=No%20Fireworks%3A%20As%20a%20reminder,completely%20before%20leaving%20your%20site.\">California state parks\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/news/use-and-possession-of-fireworks-are-illegal-on-all-land-managed-by-national-park-service.htm\">National Park Service\u003c/a> land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Check what \u003cem>kinds \u003c/em>of fireworks are allowed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although certain fireworks are legal in much of California, the state has a zero-tolerance policy for both the sale and use of illegal fireworks, and violators may face fines of up to $50,000 and jail time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illegal fireworks include firecrackers, Roman candles, skyrockets, bottle rockets, aerial shells and other fireworks that move on the ground or in the air uncontrollably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Want to do a quick check? Look for the Safe and Sane label that indicates fire marshal approval. But sometimes \u003cem>even \u003c/em>Safe and Sane fireworks are banned, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7371/4699\">in San José\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If you do set off fireworks, plan your location wisely\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as being sure whether fireworks are even legal in your city this Fourth of July, consider where you’re setting them off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really are urging people to be extra cautious in wildland areas,” said Cal Fire’s Berlant, who notes that even in urban areas, fireworks can still spark a wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11552046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11552046\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks.jpg\" alt=\"Unsanctioned fireworks are seen over Oakland on July 4, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1167\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-160x97.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-800x486.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-1020x620.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-1180x717.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-960x584.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-240x146.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-375x228.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/OaklandFireworks-520x316.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unsanctioned fireworks are seen over Oakland on July 4, 2017. \u003ccite>(Theodore Roddy/YouTube)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berlant recommends you make “sure that Safe and Sane fireworks are used in areas that are cleared from vegetation” and are lit in “parking lots or in driveways that are surrounded by nothing that could catch on fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be ready to douse a fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Never point fireworks at yourself or another person, and never attempt to relight or fix a firework that won’t light. Designate a sober, responsible adult to light up the fireworks. Light one firework at a time, far away from dry grass, and have a bucket of water or a hose handy in case something goes wrong. Also, this may sound obvious, but alcohol and fireworks do not mix well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Properly dispose of fireworks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the celebration, all used and misfired fireworks should be submerged in water for 15 minutes and wrapped in a plastic bag to keep them from drying up. Then, toss them in the household trash. Any unused fireworks that have not expired should be kept in a cool, dry place away from children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a thorough guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045728/2025-fourth-of-july-fireworks-san-francisco-bay-area-near-me-friday-pets-ptsd#ptsd\">firework safety for people with PTSD\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045728/2025-fourth-of-july-fireworks-san-francisco-bay-area-near-me-friday-pets-ptsd#pets\">what to do with anxious pets during July Fourth celebrations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, second- and third-choice votes are redistributed to determine a winner — removing the need for the city to hold a subsequent runoff election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we can restore a district’s representation more quickly and at a lower cost than a two-step election process, that is compelling and it’s worth having the option available to us,” said Councilmember Michael Mulcahy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco and Oakland, all local elections are conducted using ranked choice. Supporters tout the system as a way to save costs and avoid low-turnout runoffs. Opponents of ranked choice argue that it is overly complicated and will lead to confusion among voters and \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2022/12/28/alameda-county-registrar-miscounted-ballots-oakland-election-2022/\">errors\u003c/a> by election administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change proposed in San José is limited: If a mayor or councilmember were to leave office before the end of their term, the council would be allowed, but not required, to call a ranked choice election to fill the seat. The council would maintain its current options of calling a traditional special election or filling the seat through appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council voted 9-2 to move the ranked choice proposal forward. Vice Mayor Pam Foley and Councilmember George Casey opposed the idea, and Councilmember Peter Ortiz was absent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just don’t understand the need to add an extra layer of complexity to the voting process,” said Casey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranked choice supporters initially aimed to place the question before voters in November, but Councilmember David Cohen said a citywide election would cost over $2 million. 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By the way, if you love the local news deep dives that we bring you here on the Bay, consider becoming a KQED member. We can’t do this work without you. Just go to donate.kqed.org slash podcasts. We’ll be right back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:12] \u003c/em>Well, I want to talk, Ayah about just the economic impact that the World Cup could have. Because, I mean, Santa Clara just had the Super Bowl. Huge deal, obviously. Lots of conversation leading up to it, and even after, about the economic benefit of having such a big thing like that here in the Bay Area. Is that the same for the World Cup or not so much?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:38] \u003c/em>It’s a hard comparison. The most recent numbers for the Super Bowl, Santa Clara County themselves are saying they saw 195 million in an economic impact, which was four times as much as the Superbowl a decade ago. 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And it’s also just been fun to get on the bus and see people in FIFA gear. Go to a restaurant in downtown and see people in different jerseys kind of reminded me of my childhood going to some of the free sporting events around the Bay Area like San Jose Giants and yeah just felt like it just feels like the South Bay has a lot to give and to show especially these visiting fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:12:34] \u003c/em>And it must be nice to see San Jose specifically getting some love, not just like, you know, San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:12:41] \u003c/em>Yeah, San Jose has been doing really well sports-wise. They just announced a female hockey team coming to the SAP Center and sharing that space with sharks. The earthquakes have been doing well. The sharks have been hype. So South Bay has a lot to offer, especially in terms of sports. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:00] \u003c/em>I’m Ericka Cruz-Gavarra and welcome to The Bay, local news to keep you rooted. The FIFA World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world, with matches all over the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for the next month. And here in the Bay Area, six World Cup games will be played with San Jose and the South Bay at the center of the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jeff Konya: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:32] \u003c/em>This community event, you see just the energy in the crowd. It’s gonna be fantastic World Cup. In our part we’re playing, we couldn’t be more thrilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:41] \u003c/em>San Jose is yet again hoping to capitalize on the thousands of visitors coming to the Bay for this big sporting event. Today, reporter Aya Ali-Ahmad takes us to San Jose to see what World Cup fever looks like on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:08] \u003c/em>How would you describe the vibes in San Jose around the World Cup right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:12] \u003c/em>I think it’s been surprisingly consistent and exciting in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:22] \u003c/em>Ayah Ali-Ahmad is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:27] \u003c/em>I’ve seen all types of people come down to downtown San Jose where they’re hosting watch parties, people from other parts of the Bay Area, other parts to the country and also the world. So San Pedro is the neighborhood to be in downtown San Jose. It has a lot of sports bars. It has two big food courts with a communal outdoor space to eat. They barricade off part of San Pedro. You can open carry a bunch of drinks from the sports bars into this turf area that they have laid out for people to sit comfortably down or set up lawn chairs. And then they have this 500 square foot screen. They have multiple screens, but one really big screen for people too to watch all 104 of these matches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:30] \u003c/em>It was 97 degrees last week in San Jose and people were out watching the first opening Mexico South Africa match in San Pedro and that was filled up to the brim. There are people hanging out at the parking structure next door just because of how busy it got. People hang out at nearby patios, just filling up the space and being with each other. It’s buzzing, it’s alive. It’s not something that I think I saw really even with the Super Bowl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:06] \u003c/em>Wow, that’s interesting. Yeah, it sounds like people are there for the vibes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:11] \u003c/em>Yeah, and that’s why I kept hearing from people I talked to every time I would go down to San Pedro for these watch parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Lugene Youssef: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:19] \u003c/em>My name is Lugene. I’m from South Bay. I’ve been living here in San Jose. I’m coming out here today to celebrate Egypt. And I’m here to support their team. So excited. So far we’re winning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dania Taleb: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:30] \u003c/em>Hi, I’m Dania, also here, local to San Jose. Yeah, shout out Egypt. We’re here to watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:36] \u003c/em>I talked to Lugene Youssef and her friend Dania Taleb, two South Bay natives who have tickets to the Jordan and Algeria game coming up, and they made a pit stop down to San Pedro Square to watch the Belgium and Egypt game, which they were rooting for Egypt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dania Taleb: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:56] \u003c/em>It’s been really nice just having, like being able to watch it with others who are also passionate about the games as well. And I’m not somebody who’s like the most passionate, I don’t know the names of the players and whatnot, but it’s still fun to kind of like be there to support each other and even like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:10] \u003c/em>And they talked to me about how they came for the vibes and they’ve been coming for the vibe They’ve came to San Pedro every day since the first opening match\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Lugene Youssef: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:21] \u003c/em>It’s an experience that we’re not going to experience again, so like why not?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:28] \u003c/em>I know you also talked to some folks who are actually traveling in for the games as well, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:33] \u003c/em>Yeah, so I stopped a group of guys who are attending their first World Cup game, two that are from Jordan who are accompanying their friend who’s lived in the States for 37 years, who’s also from Jordan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamal Abu Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:45] \u003c/em>We came to support the Jordanian team, but I’m here to party and enjoy everything, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:53] \u003c/em>Jamal Abu Ahmad and his two friends came from Maryland, staying in the South Bay, stopping by San Pedro Square. They were extremely excited about trying the food in the Bay Area is one thing that they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamal Abu Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:07] \u003c/em>Yet and I am in the restaurant business so I am definitely a foodie so we’re gonna check out the food later\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:14] \u003c/em>and they were excited because again it was a first World Cup game despite being fans all their lives and being able to see their team play out in the U.S. Was particularly exciting for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamal Abu Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:25] \u003c/em>Yeah, they’re playing tomorrow. They’re playing Austria, I think, and we’re going to win probably 3-0, hopefully. Remember this. And then Algeria, 2-0. And we’re gonna beat Argentina in Texas. Many countries, many people from different worlds, and I love that, more than anything. Doesn’t matter who wins it that day, it’s just like, it’s a beautiful, peaceful gathering for everybody to enjoy the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:57] \u003c/em>It was really sweet to listen to your conversation with him and just how excited he was. He really just was this person who’s like, ‘I just wanna be where the party is!’\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:07] \u003c/em>Yeah, and even during the Egypt-Belgium game, which was very excitable over in San Pedro, you had a lot of people repping Egypt especially. He was one of many who, even though that’s not his home team, was very loud and proud about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:26] \u003c/em>As I understand it, there’s games that are being played at Levi’s, also these World Cup sanctioned events that are going on all around the city, but also the Bay Area. And there are also teams practicing here in the Bay area, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:43] \u003c/em>Yeah, so there’s two teams who have base camps in the Bay Area. This is also happening in other parts of the US just because, again, how big the World Cup is. 48 countries participating. And so the two teams, one is Australia and Alameda where the Oakland Roots actually trains. And Paraguay is staying over in San Jose and practicing in San José State University’s facilities, the Spartan Soccer Complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jeff Konya: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:09] \u003c/em>We were what back in 94 and now again here in 26 with Team Paraguay. This community event, you see just the energy in the crowd. It’s gonna be fantastic World Cup. In our part we’re playing, we couldn’t be more thrilled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:20] \u003c/em>Jeff Konya, the San Jose State University athletic director, actually welcomed the team and he said that the university as well as the city is excited to host the team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jeff Konya: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:34] \u003c/em>The whole campus is excited about having Team Paraguay here and, you know, they’re having two games up here in the Bay so they’re kind of our adopted team locally, I imagine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:42] \u003c/em>I was able to go down and watch them practice during this fan event. About 500 fans were able to watch for free. They were giving out these cute little FIFA sticker books for kids to get autographed from Paraguay. And a lot of the people I talked to there weren’t even necessarily fans of Paraguaya. They were just excited to, again, be in proximity to these teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kai Burgess: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:07] \u003c/em>I think they’re like, they make it look effortless because they’re so sharp on the ball and they have really good quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:14] \u003c/em>One pair I met was a father and son coming from Oakland, Kai and Evan Burgess, who said they weren’t initially Paraguay fans, but ended up leaving fans of Paraguaya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Evan Burgess: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:26] \u003c/em>It was a great way to kick off the World Cup to see the players live, you know, training, getting ready for the World cup and getting ready to watch a lot of the World Cup on TV. So it’s going to be an exciting event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:45] \u003c/em>We’ll have more with KQED’s Ayah Ali Ahmad, right after this break. By the way, if you love the local news deep dives that we bring you here on the Bay, consider becoming a KQED member. We can’t do this work without you. Just go to donate.kqed.org slash podcasts. We’ll be right back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:12] \u003c/em>Well, I want to talk, Ayah about just the economic impact that the World Cup could have. Because, I mean, Santa Clara just had the Super Bowl. Huge deal, obviously. Lots of conversation leading up to it, and even after, about the economic benefit of having such a big thing like that here in the Bay Area. Is that the same for the World Cup or not so much?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:38] \u003c/em>It’s a hard comparison. The most recent numbers for the Super Bowl, Santa Clara County themselves are saying they saw 195 million in an economic impact, which was four times as much as the Superbowl a decade ago. I don’t know if it’s going to look the same for the World Cup, because again, the World Cup is spread out. You have the 104 matches, only six are here versus the SuperbowL, which had that single week concentrated of big regional events around the Bay Area and then again the Super Bowl. But I think the World Cup will still have a clear positive impact in the Bay area, again especially in South Bay, in Santa Clara. You might not see hotels filling up the same like the Superbowl, but you’re still going to see a lot of fans visiting. The Bay Area host committee that’s helping with a lot of this stuff is estimating around 260,000 visitors from outside of the Bay are coming in. VTA said the other day for the first Levi’s match that happened this past Saturday, they saw 37,000 riders, which is 6,000 more riders than the Super Bowl brought in. So I think there’s going to be different metrics, but again, those are two very different types of sporting events to compare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:10:57] \u003c/em>Yeah, it feels a little bit maybe more like a patchwork this time around, whereas the Super Bowl was just like one big.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:06] \u003c/em>Yeah, and in July, the last game hosted at Santa Clara is going to be one of the knockout games. It’s going to July 1st. I think that, depending on who plays that, you’ll see more people coming in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:25] \u003c/em>Well my last few questions for you here Aya, you’re actually from San Jose, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:29] \u003c/em>Yes, I am from San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:31] \u003c/em>What’s it been like for you to just watch all the excitement around the World Cup? I mean, it’s the biggest sporting event in the world. Does it feel like that for you living out there?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:43] \u003c/em>I don’t know if it feels like the world is in San Jose and it’s the biggest sporting event in the world. I think the Super Bowl brought in so much hype that just doesn’t necessarily compare. However, it’s been really fun going down to places like San Pedro Square and seeing it fill up. And it’s also just been fun to get on the bus and see people in FIFA gear. Go to a restaurant in downtown and see people in different jerseys kind of reminded me of my childhood going to some of the free sporting events around the Bay Area like San Jose Giants and yeah just felt like it just feels like the South Bay has a lot to give and to show especially these visiting fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:12:34] \u003c/em>And it must be nice to see San Jose specifically getting some love, not just like, you know, San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ayah Ali-Ahmad: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:12:41] \u003c/em>Yeah, San Jose has been doing really well sports-wise. They just announced a female hockey team coming to the SAP Center and sharing that space with sharks. The earthquakes have been doing well. The sharks have been hype. So South Bay has a lot to offer, especially in terms of sports. And I think there’s been finally some sort of recognition to that. And that’s something that the Bay Area Host Committee that, again, is helping host all this sort of stuff and doing a lot of the managing here has said that that’s. That San Jose is the ideal spot in all of the Bay Area to do a lot of these sort of activation activities and bringing fans. 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"content": "\u003cp>Richard Tillman, the brother of late NFL player and Army Ranger Pat Tillman Jr., was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday for setting fire to a South \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> post office building last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman was also ordered to pay $2.37 million in restitution for the damage to the post office and will be put on probation for three years following his prison term, according to court documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila handed down the sentence in federal court in San José, matching the recommendation from both the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Tillman’s public defender, which stems from a February plea agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman spoke at length about his beliefs during a statement he gave to the court, saying he believes that he is the son of God and created all things, people and animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t burn down a building for no reason. I’ve been trying to get people’s attention for a long time,” Tillman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davila, after hearing Tillman’s statement, raised the prospect of whether mental fitness proceedings were needed, but Assistant Federal Public Defender Varell Fuller, representing Tillman, declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller said Tillman’s “views may be unpopular, and they may be unorthodox,” but that he didn’t doubt his ability to understand what was happening to him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12087632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12087632\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260615-Tillman-sentencing-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1362\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260615-Tillman-sentencing-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260615-Tillman-sentencing-02-KQED-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260615-Tillman-sentencing-02-KQED-1536x1046.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Tillman’s burned-out car seen in the destroyed lobby of a South San José post office on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of U.S. Attorney's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Davila also checked directly with Tillman, verifying he understood who his attorney was, and the circumstances he faces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman affirmed, saying, “I’m going to jail for five years.” He said, “I did the crime, and I am more than happy to do the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 45-year-old arrived in court in a dark green Elmwood Jail jumpsuit, with long straight salt-and-pepper hair, and a mostly gray long beard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His mother, father and older brother, who were in court, declined to comment after the proceedings. Fuller also declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities said that in the early morning hours of July 20, Tillman loaded his car with “instalogs” he bought from a grocery store and soaked them in lighter fluid.[aside postID=news_12072992 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SanJoseCourthouse.jpg']He then backed the car into the glass doors of the Almaden Valley U.S. Post Office branch at 6525 Crown Blvd. and used a match to light the car on fire, which spread to the building and caused significant damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lobby of the post office, which was open to the public during business hours for retail transactions and access to post office boxes prior to the fire, was completely destroyed and remains closed to the public to this day,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Pitman wrote in his sentencing filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman “intentionally set a massive fire which caused millions of dollars’ worth of damage, destroyed mail belonging to hundreds of people and could easily have injured or killed firefighters, Postal Service employees, or civilian bystanders,” Pitman wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wanted to “make a point to the United States government” with the fire, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller wrote that Tillman “fully appreciates the seriousness and unlawfulness of his offense,” and he noted the fire was set around 3 a.m., when the post office was closed and unoccupied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was never Mr. Tillman’s intention to harm or injure anyone, and fortunately, no member of the public, postal employee or emergency responder was injured,” Fuller wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors said Tillman livestreamed the fire on his YouTube account and kept the phone camera rolling while he spoke with firefighters and police officers, who later stopped the stream when they found the phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman was arrested that morning and initially charged in state court in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049508\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049508\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250723-TILLMAN-JG_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250723-TILLMAN-JG_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250723-TILLMAN-JG_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250723-TILLMAN-JG_QED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Assistant District Attorney Angela Bernhard speaks during a press conference following an arraignment hearing for Richard Tillman at the Hall of Justice in San José on July 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jospeh Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But his case was suspended by a judge so doctors could evaluate his competency to stand trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, after a federal indictment for the same incident was filed against Tillman, local prosecutors dismissed their case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maximum federal sentence Tillman could have faced was 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller noted in court filings that because Tillman has no criminal history and because he accepted responsibility for the crime, his recommended sentence range could have been between 37 and 46 months. However, the minimum sentence for the crime of malicious destruction of government property by fire is five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors and the federal public defender’s office agreed that the sentence in the plea agreement was “sufficient, but not greater than necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman’s brother, Pat Tillman Jr., was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 when members of his U.S. platoon fired on him and an Afghan militia member, mistaking them for enemy fighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government subsequently attempted to cover up the truth about the killing, including by instructing an officer to lie to the soldier’s family about the circumstances of his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller wrote that Richard Tillman “lived a productive, law-abiding life for extended periods” and “enjoyed success in the entertainment industry and later became an author and stay-at-home father who devoted years to raising his children as their primary caregiver.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the death of Pat Tillman Jr. had a significant impact on Tillman, along with other struggles in his personal and family life, including a divorce, strain in his family relationships and repeated attempts to seek mental health treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12053221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12053221 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SanJoseCourthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1505\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SanJoseCourthouse.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SanJoseCourthouse-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/SanJoseCourthouse-1536x1156.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The brother of late NFL player Pat Tillman was sentenced to five years in prison for setting fire to a San José post office last year. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The death of his brother, Pat Tillman, profoundly affected him and appears to have marked the beginning of many of the difficulties that followed,” Fuller wrote. “By the time of the offense, Mr. Tillman’s life had largely unraveled. He was estranged from much of his family, experiencing periods of homelessness and increasingly isolated from the support systems that had previously provided stability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors said Tillman’s “history and characteristics present a complex picture, particularly in light of the profound sacrifices he and his family have made in service to the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman, however, “currently possesses both a warped worldview and the ability to plan and execute violent attacks based on that worldview,” prosecutors wrote. “This is a dangerous combination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, Tillman often livestreamed on his YouTube account from behind the wheel of a parked car. He referred to himself as a god by the name of “Yeshua,” railed against the government, and addressed posts to Taylor Swift as “Sweet Divine Soulmate Baby.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuller asked that Tillman be placed in a minimum-security facility and be allowed to participate in substance abuse treatment programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also requested, and the judge granted a payment schedule for the restitution, “requiring payments of $50 per month, or at least 10% of his gross monthly earnings, whichever is greater.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>With temperatures in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a> climbing to around 97 degrees, and summer just around the corner, the city’s only major water park will stay shuttered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known for nearly four decades as Raging Waters and part of Lake Cunningham Regional Park, the newly rebranded CaliBunga will close temporarily while the city and a newly selected operator plan to transform the site. The city has not set a date for when it will reopen, revealing only that the new operator will work toward welcoming visitors back “in the coming summers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For generations of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/south-bay\">South Bay\u003c/a> families and visitors from across the region, the park has been one of the few places to cool off during the warmest stretches of the year. While there is Great America’s smaller South Bay Shores in Santa Clara, the Lake Cunningham park was the area’s only major standalone water park. 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