Major League Baseball is inviting fans nationwide to celebrate Independence Day with one of Hollywood’s most beloved films about America’s Pastime.

MLB announced Friday that it will screen “The Sandlot” at drive‑in theaters across the country on July 4.

Paramount Drive-In Theatres in Paramount will be one of the participating locations, along with drive-in theaters in Vineland, New Jersey; McHenry, Illinois; and Blue Ridge, Georgia.

Each drive‑in will also feature Ballpark Bites and local food trucks, Play Ball activities, and fireworks. After the film, each drive‑in will show its hometown team’s game.

The screenings are part of a series of new initiatives tied to America’s Semiquincentennial.

MLB will also air a full slate of nationally televised and streamed games from Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5, with all 30 clubs appearing at least once across FOX, NBC, Peacock and Apple TV.

More information about the games taking place over the July 4^th weekend is available here.

A brush fire ignited underneath the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia Thursday.

Los Angeles County fire crews responded to the 26100 block of Magic Mountain Parkway around 12:21 p.m.

Footage from the scene showed a palm tree was engulfed in flames underneath the coaster on the west side of the park. 

The fire eventually spread to other trees and nearby brush, burning about half an acre and blanketing the area in smoke, according to video news service Key News Network. 

Fire crews worked quickly to stop the blaze from threatening nearby attractions or structures. 

Reports indicated that no evacuations were issued at the park and no injuries were sustained by any guests or firefighting personnel. 

Authorities remained at the scene to monitor for additional hotspots. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The Pasadena Police Department released video on Thursday of an officer who accidentally shot a colleague while engaged in “unsafe and out-of-policy horseplay” with loaded firearms.

It happened around 6:18 p.m. on Sept. 7, 2025, in the department’s parking structure, located at 240 Ramona Street, according to Chief Gene Harris.

In the cruiser dashcam video, a police car can be seen pulling into the parking garage in front of two uniformed officers, who were standing at the rear of a police SUV that had its trunk open.

As the cruiser approached, an officer could be seen drawing his gun and pointing it directly at the approaching cruiser, which the police chief called “inappropriate.”

A few moments later, the officer reholstered the weapon as he and his colleague smiled.

The video didn’t capture what happened next inside the vehicle, put Chief Harris said the officer seated in the patrol car driver’s seat drew his handgun and “pointed it towards the other officer. During this interaction, the driving officer’s firearm discharged.”

The round smashed through the cruiser’s windshield and hit one of the officers in his left shoulder, the chief said.

In the video, all you see is the dashcam suddenly shaking, with a cloud of dust coming from the car and one of the officers grabbing his shoulder, clearly injured.

The officer inside the car then rushed out of the vehicle to help him to the ground and treat his injury.

Harris said the officer who injured in the shooting has since recovered.

Harris said the department withheld release of the video for nearly 10 months by invoking an exception to state law requiring police shootings be released.

He said the release was delayed because it was “necessary to protect the integrity of the investigation and allow investigators to complete essential investigative steps,” he said.

The incident remains under criminal investigation and force review. Disciplinary measures were taken after an administrative investigation, Harris said.

Harris called the incident “regretful” and not up to the department’s expectations.