Original sentence: The town is a vacation destination for people from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and hosts an annual Lazy Bear Weekend, in late July or early August, and Polar Bear Weekend, in mid-January,  gay bear charity events for the LGBT community
Edited sentence: The town is a vacation destination for people from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and hosts an annual Lazy Bear Weekend in late July or early August, and Polar Bear Weekend, in mid-January:  gay bear charity events for the LGBT community