Cal Fire is warning of high fire danger and the measures they are taking to enforce firework safety ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. 

 “The dry grass vegetation across the state coupled with triple-digit temperatures and the wind is the perfect recipe for a disaster,” California State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant said at a briefing Tuesday. “Now when you add fireworks, whether they’re improperly used ‘safe and sane’ or whether they’re illegal fireworks, they can potentially create a catastrophic fire.”

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.