Skip to main content
Life

Halloween Made a Proper Return to San Francisco, and the Kids Loved It

Written by The Standard StaffPublished Nov. 01, 2022 • 11:30am
Costumed inflatable dinosaurs approach each other while trick-or-treating on Treat Avenue in Bernal Heights in San Francisco on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. | Juliana Yamada for The Standard

While adult revelers filled the Castro and Dolores Park’s Halloween Hill Bomb saw a stabbing and a scuffle, Bernal Heights was alive with the undead on Monday night—along with lots of happy-go-lucky kids.

The family-heavy area around Treat Avenue—with one intersection listing a seasonally appropriate cross street as “Trick”—filled up with inflatable dinosaur costumes, skeletons in light-up masks, kindergarten princesses and more. In spite of the occasional terror, like windows bedecked with blood-spattered “Help! Do Not Enter” decorations, the mood was buoyant and the Baby Ruths were plentiful. It’s been a pretty good year for costumes overall.

Good thing this morning’s occasionally heavy rain didn’t arrive a day early! Check out The Standard’s Halloween gallery for the full rundown on some truly adorable costumes, plus the odd horror house mummified in yellow crime-scene tape.

Questions, comments or concerns about this article may be sent to info@sfstandard.com


Ghost Tours, a Mayhem Mansion and Other Halloween Things To Do in San Francisco

Ghost Tours, a Mayhem Mansion and Other Halloween Things To Do in San Francisco


San Francisco Homelessness: War Heats Up as Planters Dubbed ‘Hostile Architecture’

San Francisco Homelessness: War Heats Up as Planters Dubbed ‘Hostile Architecture’


Folsom Street Fair and Other Things To Do in San Francisco This Weekend

Folsom Street Fair and Other Things To Do in San Francisco This Weekend


Guests Say They’ve Encountered Ghosts at Berkeley’s Claremont Hotel. Now You Can See for Yourself

Guests Say They’ve Encountered Ghosts at Berkeley’s Claremont Hotel. Now You Can See for Yourself


Get Naked, Drink Beer and Treat Yourself at This Russian Bathhouse in San Francisco

Get Naked, Drink Beer and Treat Yourself at This Russian Bathhouse in San Francisco