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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dave Helm, the namesake of Colton-based Helm and Sons Amusements, won Friday’s auction for the famed merry-go-round from San Bernardino’s now-shuttered ...

The city of Los Angeles’ Recreation and Parks Department is planning on buying the historic carousel that entertained children and celebrities for nearly a century in Griffith Park. On Thursday, Aug.

In 103 years, not much has changed at Tilden Park's merry-go-round. Bejeweled horses still gallop under the lights, kids still race to grab the giant rooster, and you can still get a corn dog and soda ...

A recent Tuesday, 2:33 p.m.: After lying dormant in a storage unit for five months, the hand-carved wooden horses are almost ready to ride again. "It's like unwrapping presents on Christmas - except ...

Some Memorial Day events continue despite rainy weather in Rhode Island While rainy weather caused several Memorial Day parades, services and celebrations across Rhode Island to be canceled or ...

It's been nearly seven years since the Downtown at The Gardens wooden carousel opened. I asked my fellow WPTV personalities, Ashleigh Walters and Glenn Glazer, to join me as we checked out the history ...

SAN DIEGO — When the pandemic forced the closure of amusement park rides and that meant no riders and no revenue for the Balboa Park Carousel. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Balboa Park to see what ...

Disneyland turned 60 this summer and to honor the event the park is currently hosting a massive Diamond Celebration that kicked off in May. I visited The Happiest Place on Earth a couple of months ago ...