Are those helium-filled foil balloons party necessities or celebration killjoys? As thousands in Citrus Heights, Orangevale and Folsom were making last-minute holiday preparations, metallic balloons ...

A shortage of one of the world's most abundant elements may force some party hosts across the country to tone down their decor for an unpredictable amount of time. Current legislation mandates that ...

On October 1, 2019, over 22,000 people in the city of Vista in Southern California were left without power for half an hour after a mylar balloon hit an electric circuit breaker. It’s not a ...

Mylar balloons are everywhere. No matter where I am I can find one. When monitoring conservation lands throughout the Inland Empire, the most common type of trash I find in the most remote locations ...

It's a shame that a city like New Orleans with all its creativity (it's the birthplace of the second-line for heaven's sake!) can't find better ways to mourn its losses than balloons. Here are my ...

Balloons tangled in phone and power lines are a common sight in San Francisco, but metallic balloons, like the one pictured (red), can cause power outages if they come in contact with two high voltage ...

The Redondo Beach City Council this week moved to ban the type of plastic typically found in take-out containers, Styrofoam and plastic utensils. They also voted to soon outlaw Mylar balloons. The ...

A tragic accident that happened on Wednesday night is raising red flags about the significant yet often forgotten danger balloons pose to small children. KOIN reports that an 8-year-old girl from ...