Supervisors to consider new fireworks rules, penalties

A county ban on small, easily abused fireworks and tougher penalties on people who use illegal fireworks or host parties where those fireworks are used goes before the Kern County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.

The revised fireworks ordinance aims to toughen up on misuse of fireworks, which are already illegal in California and ban piccolo pete and ground flower fireworks, which are already illegal in the