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Halloween Fun Town by Town To Keep You Busy

Plenty of options close to home to celebrate

 

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CASTRO VALLEY

Trick or Treating at Castro Village October 31 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Castro Village Shopping Center located on Castro Valley Boulevard at Santa Maria Avenue in Castro Valley. Trick or Treat from store to store. Enjoy a special children's concert with Lori and RJ Cotton Candy Express held near the Lime Leaf Thai restaurant in the center.

Moore Pumpkin Patch and Carnival Open Daily through Halloween from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Family-friendly Autumn-theme fun park and pumpkin patch at Rowell Ranch Rodeo Park at 9711 Dublin Canyon Road Castro Valley. Call 510-886-6015 to learn more. 

Halloween Comedy Performance in Castro Valley October 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Castro Valley Library located at 3600 Norbridge Avenue. Balloon artistry and Carnival of Chaos comedy show for families. The first 100 children who arrive in costume will receive a treat. For more information, call 510-667-7900.

8th Annual Haunted Garage in Castro Valley October 31 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Come to 20340 Forest Avenue, Castro Valley. It is for all ages, but prepared to be scared. Admission is free. Voluntary donations will be collected for St. Jude's Hospital. For more information e-mail drandrie@comcast.net  See article about it here.


Halloween Story-Time in Castro Valley October 31 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Castro Valley Library, 3600 Norbridge Avenue. Special Halloween story-time and trick or treat fun for children age five and younger. Wear your costume and bring your trick or treat goody bag. For more information call 510-667-7900. 

SAN LORENZO

Halloween Kids Crafts in San Lorenzo October 31 from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the San Lorenzo Library located at 395 Paseo Grande, San Lorenzo. All materials provided. Free admission. Call 510-670-6283 with questions.

SAN LEANDRO

Safe Treats, Safe Streets Trick or Treating San Leandro October 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. Nearly 30 business at Bancroft and Dutton Avenues in San Leandro greet children trick or treating. The San Leandro Police Department motorcycle officer will be on hand for photos with youngsters and there will be SLPD Explorers and Volunteer Senior Crossing Guards to help keep kids safe. Firefighters will also be on hand. Start your route at Zocalo Coffee Shop at 3 p.m.

Halloween Trick or Treat Storytime in San Leandro October 31 from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. at the San Leandro Main Library located at 300 Estudillo Avenue. Young children are invited to wear their costumes, hear Halloween stories and trick or treat throughout the library. Call 510-577-3960 for further details.

Trick or Treating at Bayfair Center October 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. The shopping center is at 15555 E. 14th St. San Leandro. Meet at the Center Court of the mall and get a free trick or treat bag and list of participating stores.

Fear Overload Haunted House in San Leandro Open now through November 1. Days and times vary. For a complete listing of hours go here.  Located at Bayfair Center, 15555 E. 14th St. San Leandro (upstairs near Macy's on the second floor). Two "bone-chilling" haunted houses.   Ticket information can be found here.  An infomation line can be reached at 510-730-2221.

Pink Halloween Stroll at Senior Center October 31 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the San Leandro Senior Community Center 13909 E. 14th Street San Leandro. Come stroll to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Halloween. Senior volunteer cancer survivors are organizing this free event open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Wear pink (attend in costume if you like). Call 510-577-3462 for more information.

HAYWARD

Halloween Haunted House in Hayward - Open October 30 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Matt Jiminez Community Center at 28200 Ruus Road Hayward. All ages welcome. Admission is $5 per person. See the community center transformed into a scary, yet safe, fun and family friendly haunted house. This event is sponsored by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (H.A.R.D.)

Trick or Treating at Southland Mall October 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Southland Mall (1 Southland Mall, Hayward). Children are invited to come in costume and trick or treat store to store, mall wide.

OAKLAND

Piedmont Avenue Pumpkin Patch and Haunted House The Pumpkin Patch and store are open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. everyday through Halloween. The Haunted House attraction is open after school on weekdays and all day until 8 p.m. on weekends. It is located at 4414 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland. This is its 10th year. Reach it at 510-967-9363.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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california girl May 18, 2013 at 08:05 pm
I loved the green tea!
anthony May 17, 2013 at 01:01 pm
go nuts, or one of each... for later of course. would go scone myself, old habits die hard.
Leah Hall May 19, 2013 at 01:59 pm
Young man! The stormtroopers get into the act.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuJXaVrvpXE
Justin Agrella May 19, 2013 at 09:43 am
http://youtu.be/78LAgl90UyM
Leah Hall May 16, 2013 at 05:04 pm
Youth development, healthy living & social responsibility... ...in San Leandro! For the firstRead More time ever! Thanks to everyone who brought the YMCA "Move-A-Thon" to San Leandro and all the families that participated! -Leah Hall SL Human Services Commissioner & Volunteer YMCA Youth & Government advisor (for our San Leandro delegation comprised of San Leandro high school students)
Scott Terry May 23, 2013 at 08:38 pm
Hi Christa...I'm the guy in the story that Anthony posted the link for, and I keep bees in SanRead More Leandro. There are several beekeepers in town, and bees will fly up to 3 miles to collect pollen and nectar, but I don't know if there are any beekeepers near you. If the city council approves the keeping of bees in city limits, then it's likely that someone will get bees closer to you, but you don't need to have a hive right on your property.
anthony May 18, 2013 at 04:31 pm
remembered reading this here, maybe ther's a forward in thereRead More somewhere...http://sanleandro.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/local-hungry-families-helped-by-urban-farmer. Don't hold me to this one, but I thought Tim at Zocalo Coffee was a keeper.
Richard Mellor May 15, 2013 at 06:38 pm
I have a friend who has just had a hive put in her garden If you would like me to put u in touchRead More with her contact me at aactivist@igc.org
RHG May 17, 2013 at 03:46 pm
First let me say sorry for the loss of one of your family. Ive been keeping my eyes pealed incase IRead More see him. But I'd recomend since he is going blind, it might be easyer for someone to catch him if we knew his name. Just a thought. Hope for his safe return.
Carol Parker May 14, 2013 at 08:45 pm
I'm happy to report Buster found a forever home on Mother's Day. There are other bassets availableRead More for adoption on Golden Gate Basset Rescue's website, however. Adoptable dogs will be on hand June 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pet Food Express on Blanding Avenue (in the shopping center of Nob Hill Foods) in Alameda. Come down and see some hounds up close and personal.
Stefanie Pruegel January 29, 2013 at 05:11 pm
I would speculate that more durable, reusable bags still score a lot better than disposables, evenRead More if a small fraction of those are "dual use" as in the cases you point out (dog poop, trash can liner). BTW, for those concerned about a dwindling supply of free poop bags as a result of the ban, here are still plenty of plastic bags available for that purpose e.g. those that people's newspaper comes in. The bottom line is that most people would agree that reusable bags are the better solution than to continue choking our waterways with disposable plastic bags.
David January 21, 2013 at 10:12 pm
There are plenty of competing studies that disagree. I perused that, and one huge faulty assumptionRead More that they have is that "single use" means single use when as we see above, people use them for dogs, garbage etc.
Stefanie Pruegel January 21, 2013 at 09:47 pm
Funny you should bring up cost/benefit analysis of disposable plastic bags vs reusable bags, David.Read More This is exactly what was done in 2010 by a coalition of several California cities and organizations, to help communities in the state gauge the impact of any ordinance they consider passing in regards to disposable bags. The upshot is that reusable bags (particularly non-woven plastic reusable bags) have significantly lower environmental impacts on a per-use basis than single-use plastic bags. Find the full study here: http://bit.ly/VWdEn9
Sarah Nash May 10, 2013 at 02:18 pm
Just had a chance to read this story. Loved it! While I believe that conscientious students wouldRead More try their best at the test, as I did when I took state aptitude tests in school, I can hardly imagine staying up nights worrying about it! There is nothing at stake except perhaps personal satisfaction so the test itself shouldn't impose stress. A high-strung parent, on the other hand, might.
David April 27, 2013 at 03:09 pm
Oh come on, Rob. You talk about me cherry picking stuff? 10/10? Sure. And as I've shown you canRead More pull out Maxwell Park, North Oakland, parts of SF (Glen Park, for example), parts of El Cerrito and other locations to show that API scores aren't well-correlated with property values. Again, why do homes sell for the same $/sq foot in Maxwell Park as Estudillo Estates? San Lorenzo's API is about the same or better than most of SLUSD. Property values there are lower. The clearest example of what effect API scores have on property values was mentioned below, about a 10% difference depending on which side of the tracks, er, 580 you live on in Castro Valley. 10%? whoopdedo, that kind of variation is washed out when you factor in commute times, crime, amenities, etc. In fact, API scores are likely to continue to shrink as a factor in RE values as more and more parents flee the public schools, no matter what the API (witness SLUSD, the 30% drop in OUSD enrollment in just the past decade, etc). In another generation, we'll be accused by our children of child abuse by having sent them to public schools.
Rob Rich April 27, 2013 at 12:38 pm
If you accept the premise that API scores are poorly correlated with real estate vualues, then is itRead More coincidental that the top school districts are in areas with high real estate values? http://www.greatschools.org/find-a-school/7046-ten-california-school-districts-highest-test-scores-2012.gs. In the old days, 10 for 10 was considered pretty good correlation.