Carnival

Deep fried Kool Aid chicken sandwich, fried Oreos, frog legs and more — the LA County Fair is back in the nice cool month of May so you can beat the heat. Alex Rozier reports May 5, 2022.

“Back to Our Roots” is the theme as “one of the largest county fairs in the country” celebrates its first May run.

A man is dead and a 17-year-old is in custody after a fatal shooting at a Cinco de Mayo carnival in an Anaheim park.

A 17-year-old was arrested in connection with the shooting at Anaheim’s La Palma Park. A weapon was recovered from the scene. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on May 2, 2022.

Mardi Gras 2022 is officially over, and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell called the celebration a success, after the 2021 celebrations were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Harold & Belle’s will have a multi-hour celebration, while the Original Farmers Music will host free live music.

Miya Marcano, the 19-year-old South Florida woman who disappeared and whose body was found in Orlando a week later, will be laid to rest this coming week.

Customers and employees of several Carnival Corp. cruise lines might have had personal information stolen.

A subdued Carnival season is starting in New Orleans. This year the coronavirus pandemic has put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.

A cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Rio de Janeiro throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been lifted, but gloom remains — the annual Carnival parade of flamboyant samba schools won’t be held in February.

President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that four major cruise ship companies have agreed to suspend trips from the U.S. for 30 days, effective at midnight. Trump said that Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and MSC Cruises all agreed to the suspensions. He said the cruise line industry is a “great and important industry – it will be kept that way!”…

The Christmas season is officially drawing to a close, but it’s just the start of the season leading up to New Orleans’ biggest street party: Mardi Gras. Some walking parades and streetcar-riding groups touch off Carnival revelry, which climaxes on Fat Tuesday — Feb. 25 of this year. On Monday the Krewe of Joan of Arc walks through the French…

One person sustained minor injuries after a Carnival cruise ship crashed into another and damaged the dining area, the cruiseline said.

The Carnival Cruise Line ship “Fantasy” has earned one of the company’s worst sanitation inspection reports ever, NBC News reported, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inspectors with the agency who examined the 855-foot ship last month detailed dozens of problems, including a salad bar with “not less than 15 small flies” on bagels and bread,...

Art Neville, a member of one of New Orleans’ storied musical families, the Neville Brothers, and a founding member of the groundbreaking funk band The Meters, has died at age 81. Neville’s manager, Kent Sorrell, said Neville died Monday.

Carnival Corp. has reached a tentative settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay $20 million in fines for some of its ships continuing to pollute the oceans despite promising years ago to stop.

Carnival Corp. has reached a tentative settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay $20 million in fines for some of its ships continuing to pollute the oceans despite promising years ago to stop.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is stirring outrage after sharing a graphic video on Twitter that shows one man urinating on another. Bolsonaro posted the video Tuesday night criticizing Carnival. Many conservatives in Latin America’s largest nation detest Carnival celebrations, seeing them as heathen. The far-right president himself was one of the main targets of revelers’ mockery during Carnival.

The Los Angeles State Historic Park will host the 5th annual celebration of Bob Baker in honor of the American puppeteer’s 95th birthday.

The all-electric coaster will allow two riders at a time to race along nearly 800 feet of track, 187 feet above sea level.