SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. - It's that time of year.

As Halloween approaches, lots of people will be out looking for a good haunted house scare.

And at the Santa Clara County Fairground, the Bernal Scream offers just that.

But while organizers have a passion for terror, they have paired that with a passion for giving back to the community.

For the love of scares:

Each of the 14 rooms at the Bernal Scream Haunted house was made to terrify you. And yet, for creator Mike Barrera, this was a labor of love.

"It's who we are. This is something we've done since literally I was in diapers," he said.

Mike and his dad, Abel, adored haunted houses. They started building them together, first in the backyard, later in a parking lot.

In 2016, thieves took their equipment.

They were in the pro

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