Fourth of July weekend sideshow leaves Sacramento neighborhood on edge
The final count: 500 spectators and 150 vehicles turned up to the intersection of Meadowview Road and Amherst Street in Sacramento just before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.
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The final count: 500 spectators and 150 vehicles turned up to the intersection of Meadowview Road and Amherst Street in Sacramento just before 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The busiest night of the year for first responders is now behind us, but work is only just beginning for some Sacramento residents left to pay the price for someone else's fireworks celebration.
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