Once the sun starts to fade on Saturday, October 31, Noe Valley will be taken over by the wraiths, fairies, knights, and witches who claim this night as their own. Young Sam Fields found the foraging was good on 24th Street last year, and posed with a friendly sun goddess in front of the Ark toy store. Photo by Pamela Gerard

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