Yolo County issued a response to a civil grand jury report that found officials knew about an illegal fireworks operation in Esparto for years but failed to act before a blast killed seven workers in ...

The explosion was likely caused by someone smoking near hundreds of pounds of stored fireworks, officials said.

Douglas Tollefsen of Rio Linda, was denied bail for trying to restart the fireworks business after the deadly Esparto explosion.

A man accused of being a central figure behind last year’s deadly fireworks explosion in Esparto made his first brief court appearance Thursday after being returned to Yolo County. Kenneth Chee, ...