Fireworks Are Legal In These California Cities In 2026

Backyard celebrations and neighborhood fireworks displays are making a return across California this summer, with hundreds of cities allowing "safe and sane" fireworks sales ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

Nearly 300 cities and communities across the Golden State permit the sale of State Fire Marshal-approved fireworks. Approved retailers are allowed to sell the fireworks from noon June 28 through noon July 6, though some cities may have shorter time windows.

Fire officials continue to warn that even legal fireworks can spark fast-moving wildfires during hot, dry summer conditions.

California only allows fireworks labeled "safe and sane," meaning they are ground-based, non-explosive and are not intended to be launched into the air. Prohibited items include aerial shells, bottle rockets, firecrackers, Roman candles, sky rockets, wire core sparklers and similar devices.

Major metropolitan areas — including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and all of San Diego County — ban all consumer fireworks outright, leaving permitted sales largely concentrated in smaller suburbs and rural communities.

Penalties for selling, possessing or using illegal fireworks that do not carry the official seal can be as high as $50,000 and include up to a year in jail, or both, according to Cal Fire.

Here are the cities and counties where you can buy and set off legal fireworks, according to Cal Fire:

Alameda County

• Dublin
• Newark
• Union City

Amador County

• Ione
• Jackson
• Plymouth
• Sutter Creek

Butte County

• Biggs
• Gridley
• Oroville

Calaveras County

• Angels Camp
• Copperopolis
• Mokelumne Hill
• San Andreas
• Valley Springs

Colusa County

• Arbuckle
• Colusa
• Maxwell
• Williams

Del Norte County

• Crescent City

Fresno County

• Calwa
• Caruthers
• Clovis
• Coalinga
• Easton
• Fig Garden
• Firebaugh
• Fowler
• Fresno
• Huron
• Kerman
• Kingsburg
• Laton
• Mendota
• Orange Cove
• Parlier
• Reedley
• San Joaquin
• Sanger
• Selma

Glen County

• Hamilton City
• Orland
• Willows

Humboldt County

• Eureka
• Ferndale
• Fortuna
• Garberville
• Hoopa
• McKinleyville
• Miranda
• Rio Dell

Imperial County

• Brawley
• Calexico
• Calipatria
• El Centro
• Holtville
• Imperial

Inyo County

• Big Pine
• Bishop
• Lone Pine

Kern County

• Arvin
• Bakersfield
• Boron
• California City
• Kern
• Lamont
• McFarland
• Mojave
• Oildale
• Ridgecrest
• Rosamond
• Shafter
• Taft
• Wasco

Kings County

• Avenal
• Armona
• Corcoran
• Hanford
• Kettleman City
• Lemoore

Lake County

• Lakeport

Lassen County

• Susanville

Los Angeles County

• Alhambra
• Artesia
• Azusa
• Baldwin Park
• Bell Gardens
• Bellflower
• Bernon
• Buena Park
• City of Industry
• Commerce
• Compton
• Cudahy
• Downey
• El Monte
• Gardena
• Hawaiian Gardens
• Hawthorne
• Huntington Park
• Industry
• Irwindale
• La Mirada
• La Puente
• Lakewood
• Lawndale
• Lynwood
• Maywood
• Montebello
• Monterey Park
• Norwalk
• Palmdale
• Paramount
• Pico Rivera
• Rosemead
• Santa Fe Springs
• South El Monte
• South Gate
• Temple City
• Vernon

Madera County

• Chowchilla
• Madera
• Madera (Ranchos)

Merced County

• Atwater
• Delhi
• Dos Palos
• Gustine
• Hilmar
• Livingston
• Los Banos
• Merced
• Planada
• Santa Nella
• Winton

Modoc County

• Alturas

Mono County

• Bridgeport

Monterey County

• Gonzales
• Greenfield
• King City
• Marina
• Salinas
• Seaside
• Soledad

Modoc County

• Alturas, Modoc County

Orange County

• Anaheim
• Costa Mesa
• Fullerton
• Garden Grove
• Huntington Beach
• Los Alamitos
• Orange
• Santa Ana
• Stanton
• Villa Park
• Westminster

Placer County

• Lincoln
• Rocklin
• Roseville

Riverside County

• Blythe
• Coachella
• Desert Hot Springs
• Indio

Sacramento County

• Antelope
• Carmichael
• Citrus Heights
• Elk Grove
• Fair Oaks
• Folsom
• Galt
• Gold River
• Hood
• Isleton
• North Highlands
• Orangevale
• Rancho Cordova
• Rancho Murieta
• Rio Linda
• Sacramento
• Wilton

San Benito County

• Hollister
• San Juan Bautista

San Bernardino County

• Adelanto
• Barstow
• Chino
• Colton
• Fontana
• Grand Terrace
• Needles
• Rialto
• San Bernardino

San Joaquin County

• Escalon
• Lathrop
• Lodi
• Manteca
• Ripon
• Stockton
• Tracy

San Luis Obispo County

• Arroyo Grande
• Grover Beach
• San Miguel
• Templeton

San Mateo County

• Pacifica
• San Bruno

Santa Barbara County

• Guadalupe
• Lompoc
• Santa Maria

Santa Clara County

• Gilroy

Santa Cruz County

• Watsonville

Siskiyou County

• Montague

Solano County

• Dixon
• Rio Vista
• Suisun City

Sonoma County

• Cloverdale

Stanislaus County

• Ceres
• Crows Landing
• Denair
• Empire
• Escalon
• Hughson
• Keyes
• Modeso
• Newman
• Oakdale
• Patterson
• Riverbank
• Salida
• Turlock
• Waterford

Sutter County

• Live Oak
• Nicolaus
• Sutter
• Yuba City

Tehama County

• Corning
• Los Molinos
• Red Bluff

Tulare County

• Cutler
• Delano
• Dinuba
• Earlimart
• Exeter
• Farmersville
• Ivanhoe
• Lindsay
• Orosi
• Pixley
• Porterville
• Strathmore
• Terra Bella
• Tulare
• Visalia
• Woodlake

Ventura County

• Fillmore

Yolo County

• Esparto
• Knights Landing
• West Sacramento
• Winters
• Woodland

Yuba County

• Linda
• Marysville
• Olivehurst
• Plumas Lake
• Wheatland