Long Beach’s huge Fourth of July fireworks display killed by coastal officials — as San Diego also changes show

Source: New York Post

Long Beach residents keen to see fireworks light up the sky to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary this Fourth of July will be disappointed — as Southern California moves away from pyrotechnics. The city will nix its annual July 4th fireworks display, named “Big Bang on the Bay,” for the first time in 15 years after the state denied an appeal to host the show in its traditional form. The celebration typically lights up the water Alamitos Bay on July 3, but the California Coastal Commission denied an appeal to host the display.