As the Bay Area gets ready to ring in 2025, authorities are once again urging residents to leave fireworks to the professionals.
While wildfire danger is low, the risk of getting injured or killed by an illegal firework is high.
"It only takes a split second for your life to change with a mini explosion going off either in your hand or in your face or next to someone you love," Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Capt. Chris Toler said.
In San Jose, the city offers an app that allows residents to report illegal fireworks, but requires users to take a picture of the activity.
A local group fighting illegal fireworks wants to remind the public that it is now against the law to be an observer, which means you don't have to be the ones setting off illegal fireworks to get cited.
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