MAGA hats and giant US flags: inside California’s biggest 4th of July blowout

MAGA hats, stars-and-stripes bikinis and a sea of Old Glory took over Huntington Beach as more than 500,000 patriotic Americans packed Surf City USA for what is widely recognized as the largest Independence Day celebration west of the Mississippi River.

American flags waved from parade floats, classic cars and horseback riders as spectators lined the...