Photos: Fright night takes center stage with Halloween decor in the Southland
Benjamin Varela, 6, makes a scary face for his mother Sandra to take his picture in front of a home decorated for Halloween on Davana Terrace in Sherman Oaks.
Mel Melcon started out with the Los Angeles Times in 1984 as a summer intern, worked on a freelance basis from 1985 to 1997 and then was hired full time. Melcon likes to capture the offbeat and funny side of life in his images. He left The Times in 2024.