Are Fireworks Legal in the South Bay?

Independence Day and fireworks are synonymous, but before you hold your own fireworks spectacular, make sure you're not breaking the law. Fewer than half the cities in Los Angeles County allow even the so-called "safe and sane" fireworks.

Cities that permit the use of "safe and sane" fireworks:
    •    Alhambra
    •    Artesia
    •    Azusa
    •    Baldwin Park
    •    Bell
    •    Bellflower
    •    Bell Gardens
    •    Carson
    •    Commerce
    •    Compton
    •    Cudahy
    •    Downey
    •    Duarte
    •    Gardena
    •    El Monte
    •    Hawaiian Gardens
    •    Hawthorne
    •    Huntington Park
    •    Industry
    •    Inglewood
    •    Irwindale
    •    La Mirada
    •    La Puente
    •    Lakewood
    •    Lawndale
    •    Lynwood
    •    Maywood
    •    Montebello
    •    Monterey Park
    •    Norwalk
    •    Palmdale
    •    Paramount
    •    Pico Rivera
    •    Rosemead
    •    San Gabriel
    •    Santa Fe Springs
    •    South El Monte
    •    South Gate
    •    Temple City
 
Cities that do not permit fireworks of any kind:
    •    All county unincorporated areas
    •    Agoura Hills
    •    Arcadia
    •    Avalon
    •    Beverly Hills
    •    Bradbury
    •    Burbank
    •    Calabasas
    •    Cerritos
    •    Claremont
    •    Covina
    •    Culver City
    •    Diamond Bar
    •    El Segundo
    •    Glendale
    •    Glendora
    •    Hermosa Beach
    •    Hidden Hills
    •    La Canada Flintridge
    •    La Habra
    •    La Habra Heights
    •    Lancaster
    •    La Verne
    •    Lomita
    •    Long Beach
    •    Los Angeles
    •    Malibu
    •    Manhattan Beach
    •    Monrovia
    •    Palos Verdes Estates
    •    Pasadena
    •    Pomona
    •    Rancho Palos Verdes
    •    Redondo Beach
    •    Rolling Hills
    •    Rolling Hills Estates
    •    San Dimas
    •    San Fernando
    •    San Marino
    •    Santa Monica
    •    Santa Clarita
    •    Sierra Madre
    •    Signal Hill
    •    South Pasadena
    •    Torrance
    •    Vernon
    •    Walnut
    •    West Covina
    •    West Hollywood
    •    Westlake Village
    •    Whittier

Redondo Beach and other South Bay residents who wish to watch a professional fireworks display can purchase a ticket for or head to Torrance Beach near Riviera Village to watch pyrotechnics shot from a barge offshore.

The city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County fire departments have put together a list of all the legal displays in the county.