Coronavirus increase silences Long Beach’s Big Bang on the Bay fireworks show

The last slim chance of a 2020 Big Bang on the Bay fireworks show has been swept away by an increase in coronavirus cases.
The massive fireworks show, held annually over Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay on the eve of Independence Day, will not go forward, city officials announced this week. The reasons, according to City Manager Tom Modica, are two fold: First, a ban remains on large gatherings, as a way to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Second, the number of cases of COVID-19, th