Fairgoers are getting a special treat this fall as the Alameda County Fair opens its doors in Pleasanton on Friday for more than a week of usual fair attractions plus some special ones for the season.

COVID-19 prompted the delay of what is normally a summertime event, but the fall event will last for more than a week until Halloween. Monday to Friday fair hours are 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Keith Burbank is currently a fulltime reporter covering Alameda County and Oakland news for Bay City News. He has also worked on the Data Points project for Local News Matters, finding trends and stories about the region through data. In 2019, he was a California Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, producing a series about homeless deaths in Santa Clara County. He worked as a swing shift editor for the newswire for several years as well. Outside of journalism, Keith enjoys computer programming, math, economics and music.