Samuel Machado is accused of illegally having 1 million pounds of fireworks on his property at the time of the blast and using his law enforcement position to shield the illicit operation from scrutiny for years,

Public records from the Esparto Fire Protection District show that Chief Curtis Lawrence knew more about Devastating Pyrotechnics, the fireworks company linked to the deadly fireworks explosions and inferno July 1, than he previously disclosed. During a ...

A state task force on Tuesday issued wide-ranging recommendations aimed at tightening California’s fireworks laws and oversight in the wake of the deadly Esparto fireworks explosion July 1. The task force included representatives from local police and ...

Northern California authorities seized a large cache of illegal fireworks at a home along the North Coast they say are tied to the probe into the deadly Esparto explosion at a pyrotechnics facility that killed seven people in July. Investigators from the ...

Tears streaked the faces of Jhony Ramos Sr. and Mercedes Lemos soon after arriving Thursday afternoon outside of the evacuation zone perimeter butting against Esparto. About a mile south — at a rural corner lot since flattened by Tuesday’s calamitous ...