Now that spooky season is almost here, Long Beach is gearing up for the return of Queen Mary’s beloved Halloween festival: Dark Harbor.

The event lineup features haunted mazes, live entertainment, themed bars and lounges, carnival rides and the return of icons like the Ringmaster and Scary Mary.

The notoriously haunted ship turns 90 this year, and crewmembers told KTLA’s Samantha Cortese that a special room can be reserved for those who don’t mind an extra guest.

“Here aboard the Queen Mary in haunted B340, the captain, the crew and I are happy to announce B340 is open for you to book,” said executive tour guide Paul Jacek. “Yes, you can board the most haunted room on the ship… We’ve added it to the inventory… Won’t you join us?”

During a kick-off event on Friday the 13th, residents and visitors filled the decks and grounds where the highly anticipated festival is set to begin on Sept. 20.

“It just happens to be the perfect launching point for our spooky season,” said Dylan Matteson, Director of Experiences for the Queen Mary. “We’re one week away from Dark Harbor starting, where we got 30 days of our awesome, giant event out in the parking lot.”

Dark Harbor festivities will take place on the ship and surrounding harbor from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on select nights until Nov. 2.

For more information and ticket purchasing, visit: www.darkharborhalloween.com.

A suspect remains at large after a shooting left a man hospitalized in L.A’s Vermont Square neighborhood Friday night.

Officers responded to reports of a shooting near Normandie Avenue and 49th Street at around 7:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Arriving officers located a victim with gunshot wounds at the scene. He was described as a man in his 30s and was found unconscious but still breathing.

He was rushed to the hospital where he remains in unknown condition Friday night. 

The suspect fled the scene in an older model Lincoln sedan. He is described by police as a Black man around 30 to 40 years old.

The weapon used by the shooter was a semiautomatic handgun, LAPD confirmed.

No further details on the suspect were released. The circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation. 

Anyone with information is asked to call LAPD at 1-877-527-3247.

In between campaign fundraiser events, former President Donald Trump spoke to members of the media in the affluent Los Angeles suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes on Friday while the community deals with a land movement crisis that is threatening hundreds of homes.

The Republican nominee for president in the upcoming November election took the podium at about 10 a.m. at Trump National Golf Course, which is a course he’s owned for more than 20 years.

Trump talked about the ongoing crisis in Rancho Palos Verdes during the news conference Friday. Many residents have been displaced from their homes, and thousands of others have had electricity shut off as landslides have affected crucial elements of the community’s infrastructure.

“I want to express my support for all of the families affected by the landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes,” Trump said. “Landslides are something to be taken care of … The mountain is moving and it can be stopped, but they need some help from the government.”

Trump’s criticism of the government’s response comes more than a week after California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in the community, giving the city state funding and support from the Office of Emergency Services.

Still, many residents congregated outside the golf course on Friday, hoping to have the chance to show the former president the impact that the landslides is having on their lives.

One resident, identified as Jerry, told KTLA’s Omar Lewis that his daughter was about to move into his new home in the city when Southern California Edison abruptly turned his power off on Labor Day weekend.

“We’re hoping for FEMA money to come in,” he said. “It’s a working class neighborhood. I think the perception is these people have an endless amount of money … You have a lot of older people that have nowhere to turn.”

Jerry said he was not present at the event in support of former President Trump, but rather to get his attention on the issue.

“We’re not going to go out without a fight,” he said. “We’re here to stay.”

While lots of residents were there to advocate for the residents affected by the natural disaster, most in attendance were there in support of Trump, who rarely makes campaign stops in California due to the political demographics of the state.

Dozens, if not hundreds, of Trump supporters were seen outside. One large banner read “Kamala Harris is an idiot,” alongside an American flag.