There are all sorts of things you can do with friends and family besides having a party or trick-or-treating on Halloween.

Halloween is the perfect time to embrace your spooky side and create a night of fun, fear and excitement for your friends and family. If you're planning to

Beware, this one is for those who prefer haunted houses and jump scares to pumpkin patches. State of fright: Every October, the abandoned grounds of the beloved Marshal Scotty's Playland turns into a haunted trail in El Cajon.

Now that the Bay Area’s pesky heatwave has finally cooled off, it’s time to get in the mood for spooky season. San Francisco bars and restaurants are readying their spaces with fake cobwebs and (in one case) Shining-themed decor,