Monrovia does not allow any kind of consumer fireworks, yet right next door here in Duarte, the selling of sparklers, roman candles and screamers of many varieties helps support all manner of local organizations. Legal there, as long as they're lit south of the E/W drive, Royal Oaks, which runs across the whole breadth of the city, more or less marking the edge of the city and the beginning of the mountain. Suburbia has obscured that distinction somewhat, since we now have houses on both sides of that line. It used to be a railroad frontage, the track converted to the walking/skating/biking path that we enjoy a few houses above mine. Of course, we can't get there from here, either, being in the depths of this little development they plunked here in the late '50's.