This weekend, 370 sheriff’s deputies and 240 other security personnel were working Hard Summer, and there were about 325 arrests at Hard Summer, mostly on narcotics charges. It’s a tragedy that now seems to happen every summer — young fans dying at large electronic music festivals in and around Southern California. Other major Hard Summer acts like DJ Khaled, Ty Dolla Sign and Anderson .Paak are staples on hip-hop and R&B radio. This year, three fans passed away at Hard Summer at its new location at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. Hard Summer founder Gary Richards, in an interview prior to this weekend’s event — representatives declined a request for a follow-up — defended his company’s practices.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2016 01:21 UTC