Text messages reveal informal ties between fire chief and fireworks operator. Investigation probes permit lapses, regulatory failures. Multiple agencies pursue accountability after seven deaths in ...

Attorney General Rob Bonta in August rebuffed a request from Yolo County officials to take over the investigation into the July 1 deadly fireworks explosion in Esparto and pointed to his confidence in ...

After an explosion in Esparto last month killed seven people and burned more than 70 acres, the Office of the State Fire Marshal quickly pointed out that safety inspections and local permits are not ...

Northern California authorities seized a large cache of illegal fireworks at a home along the North Coast they say are tied to the probe into the deadly Esparto explosion at a pyrotechnics facility ...