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Tradition brings Halloween spirit to a Costa Mesa neighborhood

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A woman wearing a dramatic chrome face waits to choose pumpkins as she participates in the annual Torelli Realty Pumpkin Patch party in Costa Mesa on Thursday.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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A youngster in a Spider-Man outfit chooses a pumpkin and heads for the exit during the annual Torelli Realty Pumpkin Patch party in Costa Mesa on Thursday.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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Werewolf Ben Brough brings his costume and walks around the crowd during the annual Torelli Realty Pumpkin Patch party in Costa Mesa on Thursday.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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Torelli Realty hosts annual Pumpkin Patch event on Thursday in Costa Mesa.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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A youngster dressed as a cowgirl looks for the right pumpkin in the annual Torelli Realty Pumpkin Patch party in Costa Mesa on Thursday.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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Torelli Realty hosted its annual Pumpkin Patch event Thursday in Costa Mesa.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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Members of the Estancia High School cheer team paint faces in the annual Torelli Realty Pumpkin Patch party in Costa Mesa on Thursday.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
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Sofia Tarras holds her kids’ pumpkins during the annual Torelli Realty Pumpkin Patch party in Costa Mesa on Thursday.  (DON LEACH / Daily Pilot)
By Bradley Zint
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Torelli Realty hosted its annual Pumpkin Patch event at its Costa Mesa office on Thursday night.

Children and families came to the office at Mesa Verde Drive East and Adams Avenue for pony rides, a pie-eating contest, obstacle course bounce house, face painting and pumpkin decorating.

According to Torelli Realty’s website, the Pumpkin Patch event has its roots in 1984, when pumpkins were distributed, door to door, to more than 3,000 homes in Mesa Verde. That practice continued until 2004, when instead of spending money on squash, the business donated to local schools.

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A PTA president then suggested Torelli having a neighborhood event at its Mesa Verde office, where the Pumpkin Patch has taken place ever since.

Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.
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