Central San Mateo County offers a couple of places to see great fireworks shows on the fourth of July.  Foster City has a full day of Fourth of July activities beginning with a pancake breakfast and running through to the fireworks display in the Leo Ryan Park lake.  Hillsdale Blvd. and Shell Blvd. are closed all day to allow for foot traffic.  It’s a great show and worth the traffic to go see it.

Redwood City has had a Fourth of July Parade for as long as I can remember.  Great fun for the entire family and it’s held downtown in the morning.  They too have a wonderful fireworks display done in the harbor area.  If you find the right location in the hills you can see both Foster City and Redwood City fireworks in secession.

If you’re out on the coast, Half Moon Bay has a Fourth of July Parade and a fireworks display in the evening.  Great fun sitting on the beach watching this if the skys are clear.

With one of the driest years in a while California is a tinderbox and it is amazing that fireworks are still be sold anywhere in the state.  Somehow San Bruno thinks they are able to sell them without repercussion.  I was in the San Mateo Target last week and they, too, are selling fireworks.  What’s up with this?  We know these are dangerous so why doesn’t the state ban them?  I think it’s time to have our legislators submit a bill to outlaw fireworks except for public displays.  What do you think?  If  you agree, write your Assemblyman and State Senator.  Maybe we can make change here and stop the severe injuries that occur around the Fourth, let alone the fires.