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Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from January 2024

Beach goers out for an afternoon stroll make their way along the beach at Crystal Cove State Park in Newport Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Clouds began to roll onshore ahead a storm that will move through Southern California on Thursday, bringing rain and snow to the higher elevations. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Water surrounds The Beach House after large swells earlier in the week in Seal Beach, California, on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jennifer Patten, right, front, and her staff from Ugly Dog Adventures walk 32 dogs at Irvine Regional Park in Orange, CA on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Patten and her staff walk up to 60 dogs in two separate groups. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Michael Gould of Lake Forest, flies through the air while riding his scooter at the Laguna Hills Skate Park in Laguna Hills on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kim Rhodes, co-owner of Blue Scoop Creamery in Brea, holds a waffle cone with honey almond brittle ice cream, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2025. It is the second location of the company. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Carissa Hang and her 8-year-old daughter, Kiana, take a spill while sledding during Snowfest in Lake Forest on..Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. They were unhurt. The event featured food, games a snow pit, and a sledding hill. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers remove a section of the pedestrian beach trail below Buena Vista after a landslide damaged the walkway and stopped rail service between Orange and San Diego counties in San Clemente, CA, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A giant mirror, left, reflects the image of Makena Langer, 14, rides her Dutch warmblood horse named Pabatsa at the Rio Vista Equestrian Center equestrian center in San Juan Capistrano on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 as she trains for an upcoming dressage competition. The mirrors give riders visual feedback on their own position. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Aarti Chopra, of Irvine and a Chapman University alumni, takes a selfie following the raising the flag of India during a celebration of Indiaxe2x80x99s 75th Republic Day at the Argyros Global Citizens Plaza at Chapman University in Orange, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession during Lunar New Year at Disney California Adventure on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Anaheim, CA. ..(Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers investigate a landslide below Buena Vista that in damages the pedestrian beach trail and stopped rail service between Orange and San Diego counties in San Clemente, CA, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Newport Harbor girls wrestler Duda Rodrigues in Newport Beach, CA, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Rodrigues is a nationally-ranked wrestler. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Cal State, Fullerton alumnus Alex Hupke blows a horn while supporting the California Faculty Association members strike at CSUF on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The union represents 29,000 faculty members across the 23-campus CSU system. (Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Andy Magana poses for a picture for his daughter Sarah Magana the day before The NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. The NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants) is an annual event. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

After speaking with a nearby homeless individual, volunteers Katherine Ibarra, left, of the Garden Grove Regional Center and Yolie Negrete, right, a program supervisor at City Net, check their map on where to go next as they stand in a parking lot on First Street in downtown Santa Ana before dawn on Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, 2024. This week hundreds of volunteers with the Everyone Counts, Point In Time, homeless survey, will gather data throughout Orange County that will help address homeless issues. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Volunteers Jorge Solorzano, left, a Health Coach at CalOptima; Yolie Negrete, center, a program supervisor at City Net, and Katherine Ibarra, right, of the Garden Grove Regional Center, speak with homeless individuals in the entrance to a building on W. Civic Center Drive in downtown Santa Ana early Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, 2024. Volunteers for the Everyone Counts, Point In Time, a homeless survey, spread out throughout central Orange County on Tuesday, the first day of the survey, to gather data that will help address homeless issues. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Marques McCammon, president of Karma Automotive, an Irvine-based ultra-luxury vehicle company that engineers, designs and manufactures electric and range-extended electric vehicles, sits inside the $145,00 Revero on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Michael Santander plays along with students in the ukulele workshop at Sunkist Elementary School in Anaheim on..Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. NAMM Foundation and its members sponsored a musical Day of Service at the school.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Todd Leduc gets some air as he drives Megalodan during the Monster Jam competition at Angel Stadium on..Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Sushi Pham, left, Alani Huynh, Doris Nguyen, and Mackenzie Nguyen, right, during a preview of Flower Street on Historic Main in Garden Grove, CA, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Flower Street is a lunar New Year event with artisanal vendors, lion dances, musical performances, martial art performances, flower dress fashion show, country folk games and a children flower wagon contest. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A visitor to the Crossroads of the West Gun Show check out a booth in Costa Mesa, CA, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kyle Paine, left, president of Community Development Partners, tours a former Motel 6 converted into housing for the homeless with California Governor Gavin Newsom, right, in Costa Mesa on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. It is part of the statexe2x80x99s Homekey project which transforms former office space, hotels, and other buildings into housing for those experiencing homelessness. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference about the statexe2x80x99s Homekey project which transforms former office space, hotels, and other buildings into housing for those experiencing homelessness, at a former Motel 6 converted to apartments for the homeless in Costa Mesa on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. Standing behind Newsom are from left: Kyle Paine, president of Community Development Partners; Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley; Costa Mesa Mayor John Stephens and Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Chef Brandon Avila and Ducks player Mason McTavish cook up dinner during the Dux in Tux fundraiser at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The 23rd annual Dux in Tux brought almost 30 Southern California chefs and restaurants together with Anaheim Ducks players/coaches/team personnel serving as sous chefs to benefit the Anaheim Ducks Foundation. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A man surfs in the first light of the day in Huntington Beach, CA on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kendra, center, licks the face of Randy Simdorm of Anaheim, as his son, Jay Stilwell, left, holds the leash while they wait for the adoption paperwork at the OC Animal Care shelter in Tustin on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The shelter began opening various kennels without an appointment for community members for three hours per day on Wednesday. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Las Vegas Aces WNBA players, from left, Jackie Young, Kierstan Bell, and Kiah Stokes react when speaker Nadia Mojica, a former 1998 Marina High teammate of Natalie Nakase, reveals that Nakase was a huge fan of the Spice Girls during a jersey retirement ceremony for former Marina basketball player Natalie Nakase in the gym at Marina High School Huntington Beach on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Deanna Peterson, left, holds, Bobby, as her mother, Ginger Peterson, both of Mission Viejo, looks on at right, as they visit the OC Animal Care shelter in Tustin Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The Petersonxe2x80x99s adopted Booby after looking at a few other kittens. The shelter began opening various kennels without an appointment for community members for three hours per day on Wednesday. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Molly MacMillan (18) of Santa Margarita kicks the ball from behind Jenna Rivera (7) of Mater Dei during a Trinity League girls soccer game at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Orange County Supervisor Donald P. Wagner, left, gives an introduction for Orange County Hall of Fame inductee and Olympic gold medal swimmer Amanda Beard, center, as she stands with Supervisor Katrina Foley, right, during her induction into the Orange County Hall of Fame at the County Administration building in Santa Ana on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Orange County Supervisor Donald P. Wagner, left, stands by as Gwen Stefani holds her plaque during during her induction into the Orange County Hall of Fame at the County Administration building in Santa Ana on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kimberly Williams Blair, widow of OC Deputy Public Defender Elliot Blair, in front of the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 wears her husbands wedding ring on an Elliott and Kim name necklace. Jan. 14 will mark one-year since the death of Elliot Blair. Elliot and Kimberly were at a resort in Rosarito, Mexico last year to celebrate their one-year wedding anniversary when Blair died under suspicious circumstances. Mexican authorities say he accidentally fell three stories from a ledge at his hotel. His family believes he was killed. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Derek Engram (2) of Villa Park flys over the Canyon defense as he attempts to control a loose ball during a Crestview League boys basketball game at Canyon High School in Anaheim on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Orange County Supervisors Donald P. Wagner, left, and Katrina Foley, right, listen as Gwen Stefani speaks during her induction into the Orange County Hall of Fame at the County Administration building in Santa Ana on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

With a calf following close by, orcas swim near the various whale watching boats following the orcas as they swim off the coast of Huntington Beach at sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. For nearly a month, orcas have been swimming off Southern California, feasting on dolphins and attracting people to see these majestic mammals in nature. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An orca swims close to the Newport Coastal Adventure boat as other whale watching boats follow off the coast of Newport Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. For nearly a month, orcas have been swimming off Southern California, feasting on dolphins and attracting people to see these majestic mammals in nature. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Oil platforms loom in the distance as a couple take photos just after the sun dips below the horizon in Huntington Beach on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

People walk along the Huntington Beach Pier at sunset in Huntington Beach on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

As the sunsets behind Catalina Island, an orca comes to the surface after swimming off the coast of Orange County on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. For nearly a month, orcas have been swimming off Southern California, feasting on dolphins and attracting people to see these majestic mammals in nature. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A kid chases gulls near the pier in Seal Beach, CA on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A surfer watches as the sun sets behind the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A stand up paddle boarder takes a fall near the pier in Seal Beach, CA on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A motorcyclist wearing rabbit ears over a helmet rides along Chapman Avenue around the Plaza in Orange on Friday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Manny Gama, dressed as Corey Taylor from Slipknot, has a message for his fellow attendees during Anime Los Angeles at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers install the Millard Sheets mosaic, xe2x80x9cPleasures Along the Beachxe2x80x9d, at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University in Orange, CA, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. The 20-ton mosaic, made of Murano glass, depicts a California beach scene and was originally installed on a Home Savings in Santa Monica over 50 years ago. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jan Abestilla is dressed as Josuka from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure during Anime Los Angeles at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A jogger runs on the Jeffery Open Space Trail in Irvine on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. A rain storm system expected move into Southern California on Wednesday bringing scattered showers and some snow across the region. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Turning your phone over so the lens is on the bottom and getting close to the ground will make your subject stand out. It helps if you can find a puddle for reflection. Shot with an iPhone in Irvine, CA, on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Tricia Banks and her dog Jasmin walk in the rain on the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, CA on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Storms moved through the area and were expected to tapper off by afternoon. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A store closing sign is displayed at a business at The Village at Orange in Orange, CA on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Dozens of adventurous swimmers brave the cold to welcome in the new year with a jump into the ocean during the 24th annual Surf City Splash on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Louise Vandertuuk makes a splash during Surf Cityxe2x80x99s annual event of plunging into the ocean to celebrate the new year on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Sunburst Youth Academy cadets perform exhibition drills for their loved ones during Family Day in Los Alamitos on..Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. It was the first reunion with extended family since the students entered the residential program in July. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Justin Harman, with the California State Guard, shouts orders at Sunburst Youth Academy candidates after startling them awake at 5 a.m. on their first full day at the academy. Known as “Shark Attack,” this begins the two-week acclamation phase of the five-and-a-half-month high school credit-recovery program. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Members of the Sunburst Youth Academy Drill and Color Guard teams practice into the night on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Considered underdogs, the drill team took first place in a recent JROTC unarmed regulation drill event while competing against 15 area high schools. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Paige Treska, 14 riding her German sport pony named Molly at the Rio Vista Equestrian Center equestrian center in San Juan Capistrano on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 as she trains for an upcoming dressage competition. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Paige Treska, 14 rides her German sport pony named Molly at the Rio Vista Equestrian Center equestrian center in San Juan Capistrano on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 as she trains for an upcoming dressage competition. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

NASA’s retired Space Shuttle Endeavour stands in launch position attached with an external tank and solid rocket boosters at the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles, CA, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. The orbiter was lifted in place to its permanent position overnight. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A woman takes a photo with Bing Bong, from the movie Inside Out, during a press tour at the Pixar Place Hotel in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Travis Torrianni, 8, of Aliso Viejo, gets some air while riding his skateboard at the Laguna Hills Skate Park in Laguna Hills on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Brian Worley, left, and Mark Hilbert, right, stand in front of the 1970 glass-tile mosaic by artist Millard Sheets, titled, Pleasures Along the Beach, after it was unveiled on the facade of the Hilbert Museum of California Art in Orange on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Worley worked on the mosaic as an intern in 1969 and restored the mosaic after it was taken down from the Home Savings and Loan in Santa Monica. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)