Los Angeles Officials Revise Ban on Halloween Activities

People wait in line while trick-or-treating through a colorfully decorated neighborhood in Sierra Madre, Calif., in a 2013 file photograph. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Los Angeles County officials revised a ban on trick-or-treating and other Halloween activities after widespread backlash.

Public health officials said in guidelines for Oct. 31 that both trick-or-treating and “trunk-or-treating” were banned, citing difficulty maintaining social distance, or 6 feet between non-household members, during the activities.