Social media posts show crowds excitedly counting down 2025's final seconds, then lapsing into confused silence when the pyrotechnics fail to appear.

Ron Burgundy would've had a field day with this story. A Fourth of July fireworks show in San Diego lasted just 15 seconds on Wednesday, when what organizers called "a technical glitch" caused all of ...

I had 30 people over to watch it from our condo right in front of this thing, it's always a good show. Yeah, it was impressive, but a dud at the same time. I assure you people were ticked. We saw ...

ST. THOMAS — Hundreds of people waited for hours Saturday night in the hope of seeing fireworks over St. Thomas Harbor, but the skies remained dark after the event fell apart because of a lack of ...

SAN DIEGO — The Fourth of July fireworks show above San Diego Bay was over before it was supposed to start after a malfunction caused the display that was planned to last nearly 20 minutes to burn up ...

Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions. Have a tip? Email [email protected]. A raid on a Southern California ...