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Uber Is Blaming Waymo For July 4th Traffic Fiasco In SF

As San Francisco city leaders continue to assess what went wrong on the night of July 4th to create such a traffic mess around the Marina and Presidio, a letter from Uber points to a few key obstructions caused by — you guessed it — Waymo.

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A Bunch of People Were Injured on Electric Scooters in SF on the Fourth

Another casualty of SF's disastrous July 4th celebration, or rather, casualties, were the spate of electric scooter injuries that landed at SF General as thousands of people were trying to get around the city by any means possible.

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SFMTA Apologizes as Supervisors Call For Hearing Into July 4th Traffic and Transit Fiasco

The SFMTA had a news conference Monday afternoon to offer an apology and take some responsibility for the meltdown of Muni service and all the other problems that arose before and after Saturday's fireworks show.

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Illegal Fireworks Ignite Tree, Damage Vehicles In East Oakland Neighborhood

An East Oakland family saw two of their vehicles damaged by a fire that was sparked by illegal fireworks Saturday night.

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Post-Holiday Headlines: Fireworks Muni Situation Was Insane

The SFMTA couldn't really handle the demand for bus shuttles for Saturday's fireworks; Major Lazer turned Stern Grove into a rave on Sunday; and Tahoe has been seeing teen beach takeovers, too.

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Newsom to Give 'Declaration of Election Independence' Speech to Upstage Trump on July 4th

Governor Gavin Newsom, in his latest gambit to gain national attention ahead of a likely presidential run, will be airing a speech on Saturday, July 4th, in an attempt to both upstage and push back on President Trump and his attacks on elections.

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Semiquincentennial Eve Constitutional: Will the Golden Gate Fireworks Get Fogged Over?

San Jose is relocating World Cup watch parties Sunday out of San Pedro Square; SF's Marina District is bracing for massive crowds tomorrow; but the fireworks may not even be visible because of that reliable July 4th fog.

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July Fourth Constitutional: Expect Fog to Mar the Fireworks In SF

The SF fireworks at Fisherman's Wharf will likely, again, be obscured by fog; a citywide scavenger hunt that happened last summer is happening again; and Trump said something antisemitic and then claimed ignorance of the term.

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The Outer Sunset Is Having Another July 4th Parade, This Time on July 4th

The long-dormant San Francisco July 4th parade was revived last year as a smaller family affair on the Great Highway, but it was curiously held on Pride Weekend. This year it’s back at what we now call Sunset Dunes, and it will in fact be on July 4th.

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Those Pride Weekend Laser Cannons Will Be Back for July 4th Weekend, But They’ll Be Red, White, and Blue

SF skies will be bedazzled with colorful lasers for the second weekend in a row, as the Pride Weekend’s big rainbow lasers will return as big red, white, and blue lasers, Wednesday night and through the rest of Independence Day weekend.

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Sup. Engardio Touts New SF July 4 Parade, Which Would Not Be on July 4, But Instead on Pride Weekend

District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio is announcing plans to bring a Fourth of July parade to SF this year. Predictably, it’s in his district, but unpredictably, it’s five days before July 4, and overlapping with Pride Weekend.

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Mission District Fireworks Mayhem Leads To Late-Night Riot-Gear Police Skirmish

The predictable onslaught of illegal Mission District July 4 fireworks displays turned into a hour-long melee between police and various skateboarders and sideshow aficionados, though the scene did not get as violent as last year’s Independence Day hullabaloo.

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Monday Morning Headlines: Yep, It'll Be Another Foggy Fourth

The forecast is for fog and marine layer to obscure lots of fireworks displays again; there's a major backup in processing passport applications at the State Department; and the former Harvey's in the Castro will become a new nightclub.

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Three Shootings In SF on July 4th, None Fatal

At least three people were injured by gunfire in San Francisco on the July 4th holiday, and one of those was a 14-year-old girl who was watching a fireworks display.

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SFPD Says 12 Officers Injured Amid Hostile July 4th Crowd In Mission

In an echo of an incident reported after the Warriors' NBA Championship celebrations in the Mission District three weeks ago, the SFPD says that a dozen officers sustained injuries from a hostile crowd shooting off fireworks and continuing to party after midnight Tuesday morning.

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The Man Behind SF’s Official Fireworks Show Explains How the Pyro Magic Happens

More than two dozen fireworks technicians from a company called Pyro Spectaculars are setting up SF’s July 4 display as you read this, and their boss opens up about how his Rialto-based company will execute nearly 400 fireworks shows nationwide.

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Oakland Sees Night of Chaos With Massive Sideshow, 'Celebratory' Gunfire and Other Violence

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong gave a special press briefing Monday to lament the "12 hours of non-stop chaos" that he says officers were dealing with on Sunday night.

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Tuesday Morning Topline: Illegal Fireworks Spark Blazes Across the Bay

A 30-year-old man living in a Santa Cruz RV just confessed to murdering a woman, illegal firework activity sparked blazes in multiple Bay Area towns and cities, and police in Pittsburg seized an "ice cream truck" that was selling M-1000s.

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All Fireworks Shows Canceled (Even Though The 4th Is Forecast To Be Fog-Free For The First Time In Many Years)

There will be no official Bay Area fireworks spectacles this year — though you can rest assured the illegal fireworks will be popping off all over.

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July 4th Links: Trump Reverses On Citizenship Census Question, Again

The city doesn't want people going to Treasure Island to view fireworks (and it'll be foggy), Alameda County has seized 2,300 pounds of illegal fireworks, and SFO is adding a third staging lot for rideshare drivers.

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10 Arrested For Starting Fights At Alameda County Fair

The Alameda County Fair, usually a pretty peaceful holiday weekend event, was almost ruined by a troupe of ne'er-do-wells on the Fourth. 10 people ranging in age from 15

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Once Again, SF Fireworks Were Half Obscured By Fog, But Not In The Mission And Lower Haight!

Tourists, East Bay families, and assorted San Franciscans flocked to the Embarcadero Tuesday night to see if this year might be the exception in which the fireworks aren't shot into a

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East Bay Bust Nabs Nearly 400 Pounds of Illegal Fireworks

Mission District residents (and terrified dogs) are well aware that the nightly boom of illegal fireworks is already underway as we sit within a week of July 4th. SFist reminds you that all

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Videos: Illegal Fireworks Blowing Up All Over The Mission

As is traditional, Saturday night (and Sunday) was ablaze with illegal rooftop and middle-of-the-street fireworks displays, particularly in the Mission and dangerous though it might be it was, as usual,

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Dolores Park Predictably Littered With Trash On July 4th

Though the message may have made it out to some like most of the people who partied in Dolores Park during the day on Saturday, July 4th the people who lingered on in