湾区多个城市将在今天举办庆祝美国独立日的活动，包括美食、音乐、游行、烟火表演等等。例如，帕洛阿尔托的米切尔公园将举办辣椒烹饪比赛，山景城将在海岸线圆形剧场举办烟火表演，红木城将举办煎饼早餐和游行，伍德赛德将举办牛仔竞技表演等等。

🎉 **帕洛阿尔托辣椒烹饪比赛**: 帕洛阿尔托将从上午 11 点到下午 3 点在米切尔公园举办辣椒烹饪比赛，届时将有美食卡车、现场音乐和儿童游戏。帕洛阿尔托居民将烹饪辣椒供人们品尝，并颁发最佳整体辣椒奖、最佳精神奖和最佳装饰摊位奖。参与者将投票选出“大众选择奖”，奖金为 750 美元。

🎇 **山景城烟火表演**: 山景城将在海岸线圆形剧场举办烟火表演，从晚上 7 点开始，将有旧金山交响乐团的音乐表演。门票起价 35 美元，山景城居民可以以 15 美元的价格购买门票。人们还可以租用皮划艇或脚踏船，在海岸线湖上观看烟火表演。租船起价 120 美元，并附带烧烤晚餐。

🎊 **红木城庆祝活动**: 红木城消防员将在今天上午 8 点到 11 点在马歇尔街 755 号的消防站举办煎饼早餐。从上午 10 点开始，该市将在市中心举办游行和粉笔节，出售各种食品和手工艺品。孩子们可以在下午 5 点之前观看魔术师、小丑或进行脸部彩绘。庆祝活动将在晚上 9:30 左右结束，在红木城港口上空燃放烟火。

🤠 **伍德赛德牛仔竞技表演**: 伍德赛德将在金斯山路 521 号的圣马特奥县骑警竞技场举办一天的牛仔竞技活动。盛大的开场仪式将在今天下午 12:30 举行，随后是三个小时的比赛。除了套索、桶赛和其他的牛仔竞技活动，孩子们还可以骑小马、享受宠物动物园，并观看机械公牛。成人票价 20 美元，儿童票价 15 美元。 5 岁以下的儿童免费入场。

🏊 **门洛帕克游泳池开放**: 门洛帕克将在今天开放伯吉斯游泳池和贝尔黑文游泳池，每人 4 美元，直到达到容量。游行将于上午 11 点从伯吉斯公园开始，随后是嘉年华游戏和音乐，直到下午 2 点。

🚶 **洛斯阿尔托斯山游行**: 洛斯阿尔托斯山将举办一场从上午 10 点开始的游行，从镇政府出发，沿着弗里蒙特路行驶，最后到达加德纳布利斯学校，在那里将提供饮料和西瓜。洛斯阿尔托斯山骑手协会将在游行队伍的后面安排六到八匹马。

🎆 **福斯特城庆祝活动**: 福斯特城将在今天在里奥瑞安公园举办全天活动，从上午 9 点开始，由福斯特城扶轮社举办煎饼早餐。公园将有美食卡车、现场音乐、狗狗游行和家庭游戏。在泻湖上空的烟火表演将在晚上 9:30 左右开始。

🥞 **半月湾庆祝活动**: 半月湾将在市中心从上午 8 点到 11:30 举行煎饼早餐，随后在主街上举办游行和街区派对。孩子们可以进行斧头投掷、蹦床、脸部彩绘和手绘纹身。摊贩将出售葡萄牙牛肉三明治、麦根沙士浮雕、啤酒和葡萄酒。

🎇 **圣克拉拉大美国庆祝活动**: 圣克拉拉的大美国将从今晚 9:40 开始燃放烟火。

🚁 **桑尼维尔无人机灯光秀**: 桑尼维尔将举办无人机灯光秀，而不是烟火表演。同步的无人机将在天空中点亮，并配上音乐。在东加勒比海大道 999 号的贝兰兹公园观看无人机表演。免费停车场从下午 6:30 开始开放，DJ 将在晚上 7 点开始表演，无人机将在晚上 9:15 开始表演。

Palo Alto’s chili cook-off at Mitchell Park is one of many events happening today to celebrate the Independence of the United States.

The cookout is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today (July 4), with food trucks, live music and games for kids. Groups of Palo Alto residents are cooking up chili for people to sample. The city will present awards for best overall chili, best spirit and best-decorated booth. Attendees will vote on a “people’s choice award” with a $750 cash prize.

Mountain View will have fireworks at Shoreline Amphitheater, with music by the San Francisco Symphony starting at 7 p.m. Tickets to the show start at $35. Mountain View residents can get tickets for $15. People can also rent a kayak or pedal boat and watch the fireworks from Shoreline Lake. Boat rentals start at $120 and come with a barbecue dinner.

Redwood City firefighters will host pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. today (July 4) at their station at 755 Marshall Street. Starting at 10 a.m., the city will have a parade and chalk festival in down town, with all kinds of food and crafts for sale. Kids can watch a magician, a clown or get their face painted until 5 p.m. The celebration will end with fireworks over the Redwood City Port starting around 9:30 p.m.

Woodside will have a day of rodeo activities at the Mounted Patrol San Mateo County arena at 521 Kings Mountain Road. The grand entry will happen at 12:30 p.m. today, followed by three hours of competition. Besides the roping, barrel racing and other rodeo activities, kids can take pony rides, enjoy a petting zoo and see a mechanical bull. Tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for children. Kids under 5 can go for free.

Menlo Park is opening Burgess Pool and Belle Haven Pool for $4 a person today until they reach capacity. A parade will start at Burgess Park at 11 a.m., followed by carnival games and music until 2 p.m.

Los Altos Hills will have a parade starting at 10 a.m. starting at the town hall, going down Fremont Road and ending at Gardner Bullis School, where drinks and watermelon will be served. The Los Altos Hills Horseman’s Association will have six to eight horses in the back of the parade.

Foster City will have an all-day event today (July 4) at Leo Ryan Park, starting with a pancake breakfast hosted by the Foster City Rotary Club at 9 a.m. The park will have food trucks, live music, a dog parade and family games. A fireworks show over the lagoon starts around 9:30 p.m.

Half Moon Bay will have a pancake breakfast in downtown from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. followed by a parade and block party on Main Street. Kids can do axe throwing, bounce houses, face painting and henna tattoos. Vendors will sell Portuguese beef sandwiches, root beer floats, beer and wine.

Great America in Santa Clara will have fireworks starting at 9:40 tonight.

Sunnyvale will host a drone light show instead of fireworks. Synchronized drones will light up the sky set to music. See the drone show at Baylands Park at 999 E. Caribbean Drive. Free parking opens at 6:30 p.m., a DJ will begin performing at 7 and the drones will go on at 9:15 p.m.