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Happy Halloween! Ready to Trick or Treat? [VIDEO]

It's been a frightful buildup to the big day.

Ready for Halloween? Here's a roundup of the Halloween articles Encino Patch has published over the past couple of weeks. We've got you covered for scary books and movies, finding the best Halloween events, costume and candy safety tips, and more!

Whether you enjoy Halloween for fun or frights or both, MapQuest has a new interactive guide, FrightQuest, designed to help you find the best places to experience the holiday.

If you're looking for a blood-chilling, scary read for Halloween, look no further than the shelves of the Encino-Tarzana Public Library. (Click on the video to the right to see Vincent Price reading Edgar Allan Poe's spine-tingling classic, The Raven.)

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Which kid in America has the most creative Halloween costume in the pumpkin patch?

Patch writer Melissa Lambarena offers suggestions for alternatives to cavity-causing candy.

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Ready for a good scare? Here's a roundup of films that are perfect for Halloween.

In the '60s, Halloween Rocked [VIDEO]

Patch columnist Hal Lifson remembers Halloween in Encino in the 1960s.

Hesby Oaks School celebrated its Monster Mash Halloween carnival Friday night, and Patch was there.

The LASD have put out a public safety advisory for children and parents to exercise caution this Halloween.

Ghouls and goblins are heading to the store to pick up their claws, capes and creepy wigs.

Sobriety checkpoints will be conducted Friday in Studio City and Saturday in Hollywood by the Los Angeles Police Department, in connection with higher-than-usual drinking expected during the weekend preceding Halloween.

Boney Island Yard Haunt, a free, front-yard Halloween display at 4602 Morse Ave., returned this year with an all-new water show.


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