Fourth of July is Here and So Are The Fireworks

With fire officials warning people against using pyrotechnics, Southland residents will find a vast array of professional fireworks shows to attend this Fourth of July weekend to safely celebrate the nation’s 239th birthday.

Fireworks shows will be held in Los Angeles County beginning tonight, with shows planned at Hawaiian Gardens Elementary School and at the “Cars & Stripes Forever” event at the Port of Los Angeles. The Hollywood Bowl will also have the first of three consecutive nights of fireworks shows tonight, featuring headliner Smokey Robinson.

A full list of planned fireworks shows in Los Angeles County is available online at www.safejuly4th.org.

On Friday, fireworks displays are planned at:

— Cudahy Park, 5220 Santa Ana St.;

— Lancaster Municipal Stadium, 2400 W. Avenue I;

— La Mirada Community Regional Park, 13701 S. Adelfa Ave.;

— La Puente Park, 501 N. Glendora Ave.;

— Norwalk Civic Center Lawn, 12700 Norwalk Blvd.; and

— El Rancho High School, 6501 S. Passons, Pico Rivera.

On Saturday, fireworks displays are planned at:

— Alhambra’s Fireworks Extravaganza at Almansor Park, 800 S. Almansor Ave.;

— Artesia Community Park, 12000 block of South Street;

— Sierra Vista High School, 3600 Frazier Ave., Baldwin Park;

— Burbank’s Starlight Bowl, 1249 Lockheed View Drive;

— Calabasas High School, 22855 W. Mulholland Hwy.;

— Cerritos High School, 12500 E. 183rd St.;

— Pomona College, 333 N. College Way, Claremont;

— Commerce’s Rosewood Park, 2535 Commerce Way;

— Crescenta Valley High School, 2900 Community Ave.;

— West Los Angeles College, 9000 Overland Ave., Culver City;

— Diamond Bar High School baseball field, 21400 E. Pathfinder Road;

— Eagle Rock Recreation Center, 1100 Eagle Vista Drive;

— El Sereno Recreation Center, 4721 Klamath St.;

— Rowley Park, 13220 S. Van Ness Ave., Gardena;

— Huntington Park’s Salt Lake Park, 6550 Miles Ave.;

— Irwindale Speedway, 13300 Live Oak Ave.;

— La Crescenta Elementary School, 2800 Prospect Ave.;

— La Habra High School, 801 Highlander;

— La Mirada Community Regional Park, 13701 S. Adelfa Ave.;

— Antelope Valley Fairgrounds, 2551 West Ave H, Lancaster;

— The Queen Mary, 1126 Queen’s Highway, Long Beach;

— Los Angeles’ Grand Park, 227 N. Spring St.;

— Van Ness Recreation Center, 5720 Second Ave., Los Angeles;

— Los Angeles Exposition Park, 700 Exposition Park Drive;

— Lynwood City Park, 3700 Beechwood Ave.;

— Three barges off the coast of Malibu will have displays;

— Marina del Rey’s main channel, with best viewing at Burton Chase Park, 13650 Mindanao Way;

— Palisades Charter High School, 15777 Bowdoin St., Pacific Palisades;

— Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena;

— Pomona Fairplex;

— Porter Ranch Shepherd of the Hills Church, 19700 Rinaldi St.;

— Redondo Beach Seaside Lagoon, 200 Portofino Way;

— Rosemead Park, 9200 Mission Ave.;

— San Fernando High School, 11133 Omelveny Ave.;

— San Pedro Cabrillo Beach, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive;

— Valencia Town Center, 26735 Circle Drive, Santa Clarita;

— South El Monte High School, 1001 N. Durfee Ave.;

— South Gate Park, 9615 Pinehurst Ave.;

— Studio City CBS Studio Center, 4024 Radford Ave.;

— Sunland Tujunga’s Verdugo Hills High School, 10625 Plainview Ave.;

— Walnut High School, 21207 La Puente Road;

— Westlake Golf Course Driving Range, 4812 Lakeview Canyon Road, Westlake Village;

— Warner Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills; and

— Magic Mountain, 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia.

Magic Mountain will also have a fireworks display Sunday night, when a show is also planned at Agoura Hills High School, 28545 W. Driver Ave.