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On Saturday Dec. 3, 2016, the city of Santa Barbara trolley service loaned out two of their trolleys to a local elementary school in Carpenteria where residents could board the trolley and go on a 45 minute tour of house decorated for the holiday season.
The Santa Barbara Trolley runs from Dec 9-23 and for more information visit the official website.
S0me of the views that can be seen from the trolley are below.
The beloved children’s classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” is celebrating its 5oth year and Creature Features in Burbank is honoring the tale with their own gallery of handcrafted original art work that will be on display from Oct. 26 through Nov. 2.
Fans of the genre can visit the store during normal business hours.
This year’s 8th Annual Cars and Stripes Forever on the Port of Los Angeles brought the community to San Pedro on Friday July 1, 2016 for a night of classic cars, music and of course a complete fireworks show.
The fireworks included various pop and patriotic songs that were fitting for the lights over the port of Los Angeles.
There were also various musicians who performed between 5 and 9 p.m as spectators viewed the classic cars displayed below.
And a dancing water fountain kept children entertained all night long with lights triggered to various patriotic tunes.
Every year on Thanksgiving day, residents in cities across the United States gather to participate in an activity that has become an American Tradition to promote health and family togetherness.
Burbank, Calif. is no exception as the Burbank YMCA hosts a 10K, 5K and 1K kiddie run at 7 A.M on Thanksgiving day. For just 40 dollars, residents can preregister to run for that turkey, before partaking on the feast in the evening hours. The registration includes, a customized T-Shirt and medal, time tracker, finish line photo and more.
Watch below to see more of why residents make this turkey trot an annual tradition in the city of Burbank.
It’s that time of year when local farms like this one in Mission Hills invite the community to enjoy family friendly entertainment, while shopping for fresh farm grown fruits and vegetables.
The Festival concludes this weekend, on November 1 with more family friendly fun from 10-6. Don’t miss it or visit a local farm in your area. It’s the true definition of a “harvest” festival.
On the first Sunday of 2015, residents of Little Tokyo came out to the Japanese American National Museum for a day of family time while they brought in the new year with the year of the sheep.
The festivities went from 11 to 5 and allowed all to experience the museum for free while remembering all that Japanese Americans endured over 70 years ago. There was also the World of Hello Kitty which one could experience for an additional fee.
Outside the museum, there was still more fun with Lucky Soba noodles, which one could sample as a sign of good luck for the new year.
Kids had a variety of different crafts to experience including making their own Daruma Doll, learning the art of origami and even creating their own sheep out of colorful yarn, while they had a blow up sheep balloon that they could take home for the new year.
The museum is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday from 11-5 for just nine dollars. For more information visit the website here.
On Dec. 7, 2014, residents of Chatsworth enjoyed music, fun floats and children that marched down Devonshire street from Topanga Canyon Boulevard toward Mason Street ending at the street festival on Canoga, between Devonshire and Lassen.
The Chatsworth Holiday Parade will be back every year on the third Sunday in December.
On Sunday December 7, 2014, hundreds of residents gathered at the historic Campo De Cahuenga as the sun set and over 4-thousand paper lanterns lit up the grounds next to the Universal Red Line for the 4th annual Luminaria Festival.
There was complimentary hot chocolate, apple cider and cookies courtesy of Smart and Final for all to enjoy on a winter night as they listened to select musical talents.
View a sample of the music including the Synchronicity Handbell Choir as well as the Voices of Christmas.
On Sunday Dec. 7, over 3-thousand participants marched down Chatsworth street to bring joy to the community in the Annual Granada Hills Christmas Parade. The parade began at precisely 1:30 in the afternoon at Petit Park and traveled just under to miles toward Granada Hills Charter High School on Zelzah Ave.
Universal Studios Hollywood is pleased to welcome back its yearly Halloween Horror Nights as visitors walk through the haunted streets of the theme park. The event opened to a sold out crowd of guests on Friday September 19 and Saturday September 20,2014 and will continue for 22 nights from 7 p.m to 2 a.m.
At the opening night, their annual Eyegore Awards, an event honoring the creators and designers of the featured mazes, saw roughly 500 fans of the genre who came out to recognize
this year’s recipients, filmmakers Robert Rodriguez and John Landis, make up effects artist, Greg Nicotero and rock Guitarist Slash.
This years mazes include the return of the Walking Dead in terror tram as well as The Walking Dead: End of the Line, as well as 5 new mazes including Face Off based on the Sci Fi show, An American Werewolf in London, Dracula Untold: Reign of Blood,Alien Vs. Predator
, From Dusk Til Dawn and Clowns 3D inspired by the music of Slash.
In addition, all rides including Revenge of the Mummy, Simpsons, Transformers, Jurassic Park In The Dark and the newest attraction Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem are also open during the night time hours.
Halloween Horror nights runs through November 2 and tickets can be purchased for as low as 52 dollars online or 139 dollars for the front of the line pass. Due to the event selling out, guests are advised to purchase their tickets as soon as possible.
