With Halloween approaching, a longtime costume shop in Oildale and Bakersfield is seeing its busiest season yet.
Sonja Talamantes has been providing a wide variety of Halloween costumes for more than 20 years. This year has been the busiest at her store, Bakersfield Costumes, which has discounted outfits for sale along with other apparel that customers can mix and match to create a costume for the season.
Talamantes said social media has helped attract customers, along with word of mouth. She also said a few other costume shops have shut down, and shoppers are looking for ways to save while still finding what they want at Bakersfield Costumes.
Eyewitness News spent the morning at the store with reporter Steve Virgen as he tried on various costumes.