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Article: OFFICIALS TARGET ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- April 18, 2004
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Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer
PALMDALE - Councilman Steve Hofbauer and Mayor Jim Ledford are calling for a crackdown on the proliferation of skyrockets and other illegal fireworks every July 4.
People who shoot off the illegal fireworks - which last July 4 were visible as they rose by the hundreds from neighborhoods and parking lots across the Antelope Valley - should be prosecuted criminally, the mayor said.
``I think the illegal fireworks have hit an all-time high,'' Ledford said. ``They were absolutely everywhere and it's totally out of hand.''
Hofbauer is pushing for creation of an illegal-fireworks task force ...