VALLEYWIDE : Halloween Festivities: Parties and Benefits

Saturday’s local celebrations for Halloween include:

Calabasas Days Pumpkin Festival will sponsor a Halloween parade down Calabasas Road through Old Town Calabasas at dusk. Included will be a “safe trick or treat” opportunity for costumed children. Proceeds will benefit charities. Call (818) 225-2227.

Calahan Elementary School, 18722 Knapp St., Northridge, sponsors a Halloween festival with a “Spooky Space Station,” moon bounce, pumpkin-carving contest, magician, fortune teller, dunk tank, games and food from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Game tickets are 25 cents each at the door. Call (818) 886-4612.

Common Grounds, 9250 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, will have a Halloween dress-up party with the band Diga Jiga at 9 p.m. Call (818) 882-3666.

Glendale Public Library, 222 E. Harvard St., will have a free Halloween haunt with stories and scares for ages 3 and older from 2 to 3 p.m. Costumes encouraged. Call (818) 548-2035.

Los Angeles Zoo, in Griffith Park at the junction of the Ventura and Golden State freeways, presents “Boo at the Zoo” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Sunday. Featured will be zoo animals “stomping and chomping” pumpkins, a guided tour of night-loving species and the chance to create a beastly mask or owl puppet. Activities are free with paid zoo admission. Zoo admission is $8.25 general, $5.25 seniors, $3.25 children aged 2 to 12. Free for children under 2. Zoo hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (213) 666-4090.

New Age Singles, for ages 50 and older, offers a Halloween costume dance party at 7 p.m. at Leo Baeck Temple, 1300 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Bel-Air. Prize for best male and female costumes. Admission is $8 members, $10 non-members. Call (818) 780-5912.

Northridge Recreation Center, 18300 Lemarsh St., sponsors a haunted house from 7 to 10 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday. A carnival featuring contests, games, booths and refreshments runs from noon to 4 p.m. today. Admission to haunted house $3; children ages 6 and younger free when accompanied by adult. Admission to the carnival is $2 and includes 10 game tickets. Call (818) 349-7341.

Patrick Henry Middle School, 17340 San Jose St., Granada Hills, will have a pumpkin patch and haunted house from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. today through Monday. Admission is free. Call 818-363-7401.

Reseda Recreation Center, 18411 Victory Blvd., will have a haunted house from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. today through Monday. Admission is $1. Call (818) 881-3882.

Sepulveda Unitarian Universalist Society, 9550 Haskell Ave., North Hills, sponsors a free family Halloween theater, featuring screenings of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” at 7 p.m. Call (818) 894-9251.

Shadow Ranch Recreation Center, 22633 Vanowen St., West Hills, will have a Halloween carnival with food, game booths, rides and prizes 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Sunday. Admission is free. Ride tickets are 50 cents each. Call (818) 883-3637.

Six Flags Magic Mountain, 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, near Valencia, presents “Halloween Fright Fest” with live entertainment, ghosts, goblins, mazes and special effects from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and Sunday. The roller-coaster Psyclone will run backward during the event. Admission is $28 general, $15 for children and $18 for seniors. Call (818) 367-5965.

Spooky House, 23812 Friar St., Woodland Hills, features Woodland Hills Youth Club spirits who will lead guests on a terror tour of a specially engineered torture chamber from 6 to 11:30 p.m. today, and 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday. For one hour each day, beginning at twilight, the show will be toned down for younger spirits. Admission is $2 general, $1 children. (818) 888-8570.

Studio City Recreation Center, 12621 Rye St., will have a haunted house from 5 to 10 p.m. today and Sunday. Admission is $3. Call (818) 769-4415.

Universal CityWalk, 1000 Universal Center Drive, has a Halloween pavilion in Palm Court featuring interactive activities including a costume contest, scary storytelling, face-painting, monster makeup demonstrations, costume and mask making, from noon to 5 p.m. today and Sunday. Admission is free. Call (818) 622-4455.

Woodland Hills Youth Club sponsors its Halloween spooky house from twilight to 11:30 p.m. at 23812 Friar St., Woodland Hills. Admission is $2 adults, $1 children. Call (818) 888-8570.

Yerba Buena Elementary School, 5844 Larboard Lane, Agoura Hills, will have a Halloween haunted house and carnival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. Activities include animal actors, a magic show, face painting and costume contests for kids from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Free. Call (818) 889-004.