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Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from March 2023

Dancer Zhong-Jing Fang (Mama Elena), top, is lifted up during a tech rehearsal for the American Ballet Theatre’s “Like Water for Chocolate,” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. “Like Water for Chocolate,” based on the best selling novel and film will be at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, now through April 2.” (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Samreen Khan has organized the LA Muslimah Ramadan Market ’23 in Yorba Linda on March 5th. The event will feature Muslim-women vendors who run small businesses. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A view from Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach overlooking Newport Back Bay with the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains in the background. After days of rain, wind, and snow, the clouds cleared away on Thursday morning, March 2, 2023, leaving snow-covered mountains for motorists and those getting outside to view from all over Southern California. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Duane Nichols, 64, at North Beach in San Clemente on Thursday, March 30, 2023. According to Nichols he has been living at the North Beach location for 6 years. The San Clemente City Council is considering hiring security services to deal with a growing homeless community. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Three buildings along the 1500 block of Buena Vista in San Clemente, CA, on Thursday, March 16, 2023, after being red-tagged during a landslide on Wednesday. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A woman walks the trails at Hillcrest Park in Fullerton, CA on Thursday, March 2, 2023. The snowy San Gabriel mountains served as a backdrop after storms gave way to sunshine. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Bacon Sakatani walks in a parking lot, the site of the former Pomona Assembly Center, at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA on Friday, March 3, 2023. Sakatani was one of more than 5,000 persons of Japanese ancestry that were interned here following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The parking lot is the location of the former barracks. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Prison workers clear snow from abandoned cars along Highway 138 in the San Bernardino Mountains on Friday, March 3, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The snow didn’t stop falling in the Lake Arrowhead area where workers were out in force on Sunday, March 5, 2023, plowing roads and shoveling snow. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A snowed-in cat watches the goings-on along highway 189 in Blue Jay on Sunday, March 5, 2023. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The “Rattlesnake Task Force” stage at Lake Arrowhead Village on Sunday, March 5, 2023, where they were shoveling snow and shutting off potential fire hazard gas lines. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Hossein Nayeri listens to opening statements in superior court in Santa Ana, CA on Monday, March 6, 2023. Nayeri is accused of kidnapping and vehicle theft following his escape from an Orange County jail in 2016. At the time he was awaiting trial for the kidnapping and torture of a marijuana dispensary owner, for which he has since been convicted and sentenced to multiple life terms. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Sean Devine works to get up the path to Sherrill Waton’s home as he delivers food in Cedar Glen, CA, on Monday, March 6, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jessalyn Mojica and her son, Lewis, 2, have their photo taken with the Mouse character, played by Jane Deeley, from the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, at the San Juan Capistrano Library on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The library reopened on Tuesday after being closed for more than a year for renovations. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Quinn Woodring, left, Ana Ayala, Luna Tran, Jenner Yamane-Woodring, and Mia Tran, right, watch as two American white pelicans are released at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, CA, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The birds were nursed back to health by the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center for over a year. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Two American white pelicans are released at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, CA, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The birds were nursed back to health by the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center for over a year. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Ziggy, a black or “melanistic” jaguar, checks out visitors at the OC Zoo, including 3-year-old Gabriella Moran on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Orange. Mickey, an 11-month-old jaguar, just joined his brother, Ziggy, after arriving from the Wildlife World Zoo in Arizona. They are currently in separate areas at the new, 2-acre Large Mammal Exhibit. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers are on the scene of a large sinkhole on Sunset Avenue in Laguna Beach on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The incident occurred on Sunday, March 5, 2023, when a water main broke and more than 100,000 gallons of water and mud rushed down the hillside. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Laylan Connelly, the Register’s long-time columnist and beach reporter is shown at San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente on Thursday, March 9, 2023 will be inducted into the Surfing Hall of Fame later this year. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A man walks in the rain around North Lake in Irvine, CA on Friday, March 10, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

As their feathers repel the raindrops, a pair of wood ducks sit on a railing in the rain above the pond at Irvine Regional Park in Orange as another winter storm brought more rain to Orange County and Southern California on Friday, March 10, 2023. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An umbrella and a sycamore tree are reflected in a bubble in a puddle at Irvine Regional Park in Orange as another winter storm brought more rain to Orange County and Southern California on Friday, March 10, 2023.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Palm trees in raindrops during a storm on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Seal Beach, CA. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Vietnam War veteran Frank Marcello at his home in Walnut, CA, on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Marcello was in the 1st Air Calvary Division and injured during a long-range reconnaissance patrol. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Two acorn woodpeckers place acorns in an old sycamore tree in the rain at Irvine Regional Park in Orange as another winter storm brought more rain to Orange County and Southern California on Friday, March 10, 2023.(Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Fin, played by Lori Reed, makes her way around the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente during the 5th annual Kids Fishing Derby on Saturday, March 11, 2023. Trophies were awarded in categories: first fish, biggest fish, most fish, and smallest fish. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An American Ballet Theatre Gillespie School dancer strikes a pose on Saturday, March 11, 2023 in Costa Mesa where author Robin Preiss Glasser was promoting her new book, “Gloria’s Promise. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A man stands under a canopy during a break in the rainy weather to look over the fields at at Tanka Farms in Irvine on Sunday, March 12, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Frank Topete, 13, center, squeezes through the hole photo cutout in an unsuccessful attempt to take a selfie with his friend Jonah Lopez, 9, right, at Tanka Farms in Irvine on Sunday, March 12, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Lilyanna Márquez, 10, peeks through plastic as she stands with her sister, Ivy Mullen, 1, who is wrapped in a Lego bag, as they wait for their parents during a rain storm on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Seal Beach, CA. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Santa Margarita Catholic High School junior Faith George in the rain in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. George is the Orange County Register’s girls soccer player of the year. She is a junior forward committed to USC (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Michael Santos, 9, a fourth-grade student at Lincoln Elementary School in Anaheim, takes part in grocery store yoga at Northgate Gonzalez Market in Anaheim during a field trip on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Students learned about eating and living healthy. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A family stands near the railroad tracks to view a landslide in San Clemente on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 that prompted the evacuation of apartment buildings on the bluff due the danger of the structures tumbling down the hillside. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Second-grade student Yareli Cabrera looks at her classmates artwork at Horace Mann Elementary School in Anaheim, CA on Thursday, March 2, 2023. The display was part of a museum curated by students, teachers and staff celebrating Black history. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Despite a collapsed roof, people stand in line for food at Goodwin and Sons Market in Crestline, CA, on Friday, March 3, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The view looking north at the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains from the E. La Veta Avenue overpass of the 55 freeway in Orange on Thursday morning, March 2, 2023. After days of rain, wind, and snow, the clouds cleared away, leaving snow-covered mountains for motorists and those getting outside to view from all over Southern California. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jacob Ricks, 7, hangs out on one of the roots of the dreaming tree at Mickey’s Toontown inside Disneyland Park in Anaheim, CA, on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A new hole sits in the courtyard of the Coyote Village condo complex in La Habra, CA, on Monday, March 20, 2023. The hole, created when a storm drain collapsed on Wednesday, joins another hole that formed during a collapse in 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A man runs across Walnut Ave. near Irvine High School in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The latest series of storms was expected to last through Wednesday. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Supporters of former President Donald Trump hold a “Hands Off Our President” rally at the intersection of El Toro Road and Avenida de Carlota in Laguna Hills on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Eric Jensen, 80, who served in the Vietnam War raises a U.S.and Navy flag in front of his home everyday at 8 a.m. to honor his best friend, Robin Andrew Pearce, who died in the Vietnam War. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Reagan Heslin of JSerra, pictured on the campus field in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, March 23, 2023 is the Orange County boys soccer player of the year. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Twin sisters Shanae Cole, left, and Shaniece Cole, dance for a video while dresses in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle clothing during WonderCon in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Charolette Wang, dressed as Power from Chainsaw Man, during WonderCon in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Puppies like these four-on-the-floor terrier-mixes are available for adoption at the two-day OC Pet & Reptile Expo in Costa Mesa on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Children waiting to hold Monty react when seeing the Burmese python, one of the largest species of snakes in the world. They were at a the OC Pet & Reptile Expo in Costa Mesa on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Hailey Enriquez, 8, with Chiquita, a capuchin monkey, who forgets her table manners during Kevin Keith’s “Monkey Business Productions” show. They were at the OC Pet & Reptile Expo in Costa Mesa on Saturday, March 25, 2023.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Porsha Westbrook, left, and Alejandra Gonzalez, right, of the Back2Work program, have their photo taken with Safety Sam, center, the safety cone mascot of Caltrans, during the Clean California Community Day at Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Led by Caltrans, Clean California improves the state’s public spaces. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A bee checks out a California bush sunflower at the Back Bay in Newport Beach, CA on Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Flowers bloom as Roxanne Bradley and Tom McDonnell hike through the new Saddleback Wilderness area in Orange, CA, on Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Mike Trout (27) of the Angels rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the first inning scoring Taylor Ward (3) in a game against the Dodgers during a Freeway Series exhibition game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kids reach out to catch baseball caps signed by players following a Freeway Series exhibition game between the Angels and Dodgers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Monday, March 27, 2023. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Army Veteran Mike Lindsey visits the Vietnam Veterans Monument at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Lindsey served in Vietnam in 1969-70. The monument depicts a Marine running through the jungles of Vietnam in 1971-1972. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

With an umbrella in hand to stay dry, a woman walks in the rain along N. Spurgeon Street in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning, March 29, 2023, as another storm hits Orange County and Southern California bringing rain, wind, and snow to the higher elevations. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A woman walking in the rain passes by a mural painted on the side of a building along N. Bush Street in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning, March 29, 2023, as another storm hits Orange County and Southern California bringing rain, wind, and snow to the higher elevations. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Umbrellas, ponchos and rain boots were in order as these two make their way along N. Lacy Street in Santa Ana on Wednesday morning, March 29, 2023, as another storm hits Orange County and Southern California bringing rain, wind, and snow to the higher elevations. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A squirrel looks up as it takes advantage of an afternoon snack left in a parking lot at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Carden Conservatory student Aston Stasiuk tests water acidity at the Children’s Water Education Festival at UC Irvine in Irvine, CA on Thursday, March 30, 2023. Students from more than 60 Orange County schools came together to learn about water issues and conservation. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Duane Nichols, 64, sits in his wheelchair with his dog Axel at North Beach in San Clemente on Thursday, March 30, 2023. According to Nichols he has been living at the North Beach location for 6 years. The San Clemente City Council is considering hiring security services to deal with a growing homeless community.(Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)