Overview

• Parades and professional fireworks displays began across Bay Area cities this morning under adjusted transit schedules and local street closures.
• San Jose replaced its Lake Cunningham fireworks with its first-ever Fourth of July drone show, marking a new contingency for holiday celebrations.
• BART, Muni and other Bay Area transit agencies are operating on holiday timetables with extra trains and shuttles serving major viewing areas.
• Police and fire departments deployed surveillance drones and stepped up patrols after hundreds of illegal fireworks were seized in the days before July 4.
• Meteorologists forecast afternoon clearing of the marine layer but warn of possible overnight fog reformation and elevated inland fire risk.