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 ...

We are in the midst of another season that marks those special Hallmark holidays: Mylar balloon season. Along with the festivities of celebrating holidays, Mylar balloons that say “Happy Graduation” ...

The normally diplomatic Southern California Edison talks bluntly about power outages caused by metallic party balloons. “It is a problem that shows no end,” reads a written statement from SCE, the ...

A proposed ban on helium-filled foil balloons lost altitude in the state Legislature on Wednesday amid growing opposition from florists, party decorators and other professionals. The proposal’s chief ...