Los Angeles is cancelling door-to-door trick-or-treating due to COVID-19 pandemic. Should more cities do the same?
Officials say maintaining social distancing on front doors can be difficult.
But according to ABC 13, LA county health officials have released restricted guidelines this year for Halloween:
'LA Halloween restrictions:
No door-to-door trick-or-treating.Officials say "it can be very difficult to maintain proper social distancing on porches and at front doors."
No "trunk or treating" either.Children will similarly not be allowed to collect treats going car-to-car as an alternative to door-to-door.
No parties.The county says gatherings with non-household members are not allowed, not even outdoors.
No carnivals, festivals, live entertainment or haunted houses.
What is allowed
Online parties and contests for costumes or pumpkin carving, for example.
Car parades. For example, with people dressing in costume or decorating their vehicles and driving by socially distanced judges.
Halloween movie nights at drive-in theaters.Those venues already have to comply with protocols for social distancing, sanitation and the wearing of face masks.
Other changes to Halloween events and attractions have already been announced. For example, Universal Studios has canceled its popular Halloween Horror Nights event.
A Haunted Hayride has been moved and re-imagined as a drive-up experience.
Another event, known as "Halloween at Descanso," will be held with pumpkin displays and a hay maze, with social-distancing measures in place.'