A 4th of July fireworks display caused major damage to a city-owned basketball court. The vandalism at Oak Park has neighbors concerned about safety and wants the city to make necessary repairs.
city-owned basketball court in the Oak Glen Park neighborhood. It happened during illegal fireworks display on July 4th.
"The next morning when I came to see how trashed the park was, I realized that this was not just a kind little 4th of July gathering. This was a destructive event," said Tony O’Toole. "We cleaned it up the best we could," he said. "There’s a lot of people who use the court, especially the guys who organized basketball games."
"Some of them used their own money to but replacement tiles," said Ovalles. "We came out here with tools and fixed the tiles. Hopefully it will get us through so we can play."
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