in the news today

 listening to AM 1070, KNX CBS news, on the commute home tonight, when they mentioned that silly string use or sales during Halloween is now illegal in Hollywood, and getting busted is a 1000 dollar fine

Hollywood Halloween revelers beware: those celebrating the haunted holiday with silly string are in danger of being fined.

Thanks to a Los Angeles Municipal Code ordinance, anyone possessing, using or selling Silly String -- the liquid in a can that shoots out as a plastic-like string -- between 12 a.m. Oct 31 and 12 p.m. Nov. 1 can receive up to a $1,000 fine.

"A citation could be issued and the silly string could be confiscated," an LAPD spokesman said.

The ordinance, which was passed in 2004, lists safety and environmental concerns as the reason for preventing people from using silly string on Halloween.

I mention this, because it's true, but ridiculous. 
And, because they followed this story, with news about a "sideshow" law. 

Sideshows are “illegal gatherings in which groups of drivers take over intersections, city streets, stretches of busy freeways and/or parking lots to do tricks with their cars, including burnouts and doughnuts,” The Sacramento Bee reported.  https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article254863887.html

The fine for getting busted is 500 dollars. 

THAT silly string use is twice as expensive of a fine than reckless driving? That is pure California stupid.