New Year’s Eve in Firestone

On any night in South Los Angeles, gunfire crackles against the backdrop of revving motors and booming thumps of amplified bass. But on New Year’s Eve, those nightly but sporadic—and oftentimes purposeful—volleys of gunfire, are lost in the celebratory expenditures of what some of usconsiderto be precious metals.

A Deadly New Year’s Eve Tradition

[image error] This deadly tradition of indiscriminate shooting is a newsworthy event every year. There are often reports of injuries or deaths related to falling...