The graduation was ending, but the problems, well, they were only beginning. Mere minutes after the final diploma was handed out at Thousand Oaks High School on a June evening in 2019, a metallic balloon released by an attendee floated into nearby power lines — causing a small explosion. It …continue reading
Malibu proposed and tabled it, but Glendale and Hermosa Beach have actually done it. The two latter Southern California cities have banned the sale of metallic balloons — with Hermosa Beach going further by banning even the possession of the shiny but problematic-when-released gifts. The reason for Glendale’s ordinance? “Because …continue reading
Southern California Edison, like other California utilities that experience hundreds of metallic-balloon-caused power outages and their potential hazards yearly, will find out, thanks to a new state law. Signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown last September and effective since Jan. 1, Assembly bill 2450 requires that metallic balloons made by in-state …continue reading