A winged green dragon guards the front walk of a red bungalow south of downtown Fort Bragg, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, as the coastal city gets ready for Halloween. A hooded grim reaper and a sheet-draped ghost stand watch from the porch, skeletons perch on the railing and sprawl across the flowerbed, and a giant web with black spiders stretches across the front hedge.

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