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Article: Fewer illegal fireworks violations, police say
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- July 7, 2008
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Increased fines and time restrictions in Pacifica and San Bruno
may have allowed red, white, and blue revelers to enjoy fireworks
more comfortably over the Fourth of July.
Police from San Bruno and Pacifica -- the only two cities in the
county where state-approved fireworks can be used -- reported fewer
instances of illegal fireworks use this year compared with
Independence Days gone by. Half Moon Bay police also reported fewer
incidents this year.
Capt. Fernando Realyvasquez of the Pacifica Police Department
said that fireworks-related arrests on Linda Mar Beach decreased
from 13 last year to two this year. He said the city's new ordinance
and the weather were factors in the decrease, but ...