Garcetti Says Trick-Or-Treating Discouraged, But Not Banned
Mayor Eric Garcetti Wednesday said that people should not participate in traditional Halloween trick-or-treating in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but stopped short of issuing a ban.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti Wednesday said that people should not participate in traditional Halloween trick-or-treating in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but stopped short of issuing a ban.
Door-to-door trick-or-treating has been deemed high risk by the CDC, along with trunk-or-treat events, and costume parties and haunted houses that are held indoors.
The state's health officials Tuesday warned that upcoming Halloween celebrations pose a risk for renewed spread of coronavirus and urged Californians to find other ways to celebrate.
Halloween is still happening at the Santa Ana Zoo, which has started selling tickets to its annual event.
Most of the festival will take place at the Regency Plant Drive-In in Van Nuys over the next two weeks.
SeaWorld kicks off its annual Halloween festivities on Oct. 2, and the party will be on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through Nov. 1.
Ventura County officials released its Halloween guidelines Wednesday, and most traditional activities are either not permitted or not recommended.
Gatherings or parties with non-household members are not permitted, even if held outdoors, and neither are carnivals, festivals, live entertainment or haunted house attractions.
Weary of pandemic problems? A few events this fall might provide a welcome mental break for Southern Californians.
The Los Angeles Haunted Hayride, usually held in Griffith Park, has announced a live drive-up experience that will be held at Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas.
The attraction, which starts Oct. 1 and lasts until Nov. 1, will be a 45-minute event with immersive scenes, coordinated lighting, sound effects, live performances and special effects.
Carlo Adrian Navarro, 20, plead not guilty to the charges Wednesday in Long Beach.
A candlelight vigil was held Thursday night in Long Beach in remembrance of the family who was killed on Halloween night by a suspected drunk driver.
Dakhil was taken off life support Sunday, the same day her family announced funeral plans for her husband, 30-year-old Joseph Awaida, and her son, 3-year-old Omar Owaida.
A woman and a boy are in critical condition. The 20-year-old driver was arrested.
Halloween is here and that means one of the spookiest celebrations in the nation returns to West Hollywood.
Every Halloween, children excitedly dress up as their favorite characters, then spend all night marching around their neighborhoods collecting sugary treats – more often than not on a school night.
The sheriff's office of Butts County, Georgia, wanted to ensure that kids celebrating Halloween would be safe while collecting candy.
The festivities kick off at 6 p.m., but major streets and roads were shut down overnight, hours before anyone had even donned their costume.
Irvine, Santa Ana and San Diego were also among the top 10.
According to a new study by analysts at CableTV.com, California's favorite horror film is the 1977 Italian supernatural horror film "Suspiria."
The Peppito family posted home security video of one man getting out of an SUV to snatch a skeleton in a picnic chair in front of their house in Riverside. The thief apparently couldn't get the skeleton's right arm free and simply left it behind, tangled up in the chair.
This Inside SoCal explores Knott's Scary Farm, the most haunting Halloween experience in Southern California, with 14 haunted attractions and over 1,000 horrifying creatures roaming the park.
The carnaval will make traffic a mess. Drivers are advised to avoid the heart of the city.
