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    Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from May 2024
    • May 31, 2024

    Benjamin Weil, a senior at Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts reacts when it is announced he is the Artist of the Year in film and TV during the awards ceremony for the 2024 Artist of the Year at Memorial Hall at Chapman University in Orange on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Ken Yim releases a trout he caught back into the lake at Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea, CA on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Joey King is congratulated by a student after he was announced as one of six Orange County Department of Education Teachers of the Year in Buena Park, CA on Thursday, May 2, 2024. King is a special educator at Hope School in Buena Park, CA. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Sunkist Elementary School students work on a mural in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Students in the Anaheim Elementary Succeed afterschool program helped muralist Carla Roque complete her artwork on a campus wall. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Huntington Beach high School cheerleaders celebrate Rosie Harshman as one of six Teachers of the Year during a surprise visit by the Orange County Department of Education officials at her school in Huntington Beach, CA on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
    Harshman teaches environmental literature and college preparatory English at Huntington Beach High School. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Brown pelicans that were starving recuperate at the Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach on Friday, May 3, 2024 after a mass stranding of species over the past few weeks. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Moments after one of their parents flew off to a nearby tree, three red-tailed hawk siblings sit in their nest in a cottonwood tree near the Santiago Creek bed at Irvine Regional Park in Orange on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Lisa Peterson, 41, and her daughter Haylee, 15, chat with lifeguards Carlo Silvestre, pictured, and Neil Smith, at Morro Beach in Laguna on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Peterson suffered a stroke while there with her daughter almost a year ago. The lifeguards were part of a team of people who tended to her, helping save her life. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    San Clemente defense brace to block a shot against St.Margaret’s during the CIF Division 3 Volleyball Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk on Saturday, May 11, 2024. St. Margaret’s won the title. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Paul and Diana Cavanaugh and their daughter, Megan Sanchez, at Nature’s Select headquarters in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. The Cavanaughs started their pet food business 30 years ago. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Beachgoers hang out north of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, CA, on Monday, May 6, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    A giant shark lurks menacingly from behind during the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Bikers, scooters, and walkers all take part in Irvine’s first “CicloIrvine,” a 1.66-mile stretch on Barranca Parkway near Harvard Avenue with no cars allowed on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Trucks deliver trash to the active lift site at Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    David Browning rides in the Red Rock Wilderness on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Silverado, CA. Eight miles of new trails opened as part of the Irvine Ranch Open Space. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Police and pro-Palestinian supporters clash as police move to remove the protesters and encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Beckman players rush the field after beating St. John Bosco in the championship game of the CIF-SS Division 3 baseball playoffs in Lake Elsinore on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Beckman won the game 2-1. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Cal State Long Beach College of Mechanical Engineering student, Zaid Hani Albawab, celebrates after receiving his diploma during commencement at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    The AVP Huntington Beach Open in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Sophia Najera, a soon-to-be graduate of Loara High School in Anaheim, shows off her nails as she waits with fellow students for the graduation ceremony to begin at Handel Stadium in Anaheim on Thursday morning, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Security stands guard at UCI’s Aldrich Hall while two students and a faculty member hold a press conference on Thursday, May 16, 2024, complaining about the police response to protesters taking over a building on campus yesterday in Irvine, CA. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Somphone Eno meditates in response to tensions at UC Irvine in Irvine, CA on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Police removed a pro-Palestinian camp and declared an unlawful assembly at the site the previous night. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Kelly Cheng, left, and Sara Hughes, celebrate a win over Macy Jerger and Megan Rice in two sets during the AVP Huntington Beach Open in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, May 17, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Owen Tomich of St. John Bosco watches the ball go foul after bunting against Beckman during the championship game of the CIF-SS Division 3 baseball playoffs in Lake Elsinore on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Beckman won the game 2-1. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Jocelyn Read, a professor of Physics at California State University Fullerton peers through a model of the space-time around a black holes at her office at CSUF in Fullerton on Thursday, May 16, 2024. The red near the center of the model represents gravitational redshift of light as it approaches the black hole. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Heart valve recipient Chad Darby takes a photo with a group of employees at Edwards Lifesciences in Irvine, CA on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Darby was able to meet the staff and talk about the valve that he has in his heart during an event called The Patient Experience. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Chidera Erika Obi, center, screams with delight as she and other graduates celebrate at the conclusion of the Cal State Fullerton College of the Arts graduation ceremony at CSUF in Fullerton on Monday, May 20, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Macade Maxwell of St. John Bosco catches a fly ball for an out against Beckman during the championship game of the CIF-SS Division 3 baseball playoffs in Lake Elsinore on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Beckman won the game 2-1. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Teacher Katie Mayfield shows her surprise after being awarded $25,000 for being named one of six Orange County Department of Education Teachers of the Year in La Habra CA on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Orange County Department of Education Deputy Superintendent Dr. Ramon Miramontes, left, and Jeff and Jenny Gross, with the Orange County Teachers of the Year Award Foundation awarded the prize. Mayfield is a kindergarten teacher at Arbolita Elementary School in La Habra, CA. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Erik Teasley keeps his dog King from hitching a ride with a pint-sized passenger in a passing car recently in Santa Ana. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    A lone silhoutte strolls along the upper level of Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Sunday, May 19, 2024. The stadium is the venue for baseball games and this week, numerous graduation ceremonies. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Graduates of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton, cheer during commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Volunteer Edwin Klotz helps release one of 10 brown pelicans at Corona del Mar in Newport Beach, CA, on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center was inundated with Brown Pelicans who were “stranded” on local beaches in starvation mode for unknown reasons. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Loara High School graduate Ezra Jordan Tafilele, Jr., poses for photos with family members outside Handel Stadium following the graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Thursday morning, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    About 1,000 elementary school students and volunteers form a message in the sand during the Coastkeeper’s Kids Ocean Day at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach, CA, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    A supporter of the pro-Palestinian encampment places flowers at the feet of police at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Faith Hinrichs, left, and Hannah Hughes, right, scream with their friends name is announced during the 2024 Kennedy High School graduation ceremony in Handel Stadium at Western High School in Anaheim on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Seventh-grader Katelyn Nguyen is surprised by a celebration for her at Stacey Middle School the day before she is headed to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, May 24, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Two creative mortar boards on graduates of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton, at the conclusion of commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    The 64th Garden Grove Strawberry Festival features a weekend of fun including carnival rides, food, music and a parade on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    The family of graduate Veronica Valenti hold up photos of her face so she can find them at the conclusion of the Cal State Fullerton College of the Arts graduation ceremony at CSUF in Fullerton on Monday, May 20, 2024. Pictured, are Veronica’s sister Victoria Wilmer, left, and Vanessa Valenti, center, and her father’s arm, Greg Valenti, right. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Loara High School Principal Gary Brown, left, poses for a selfie with new graduate Abigail Guerrero Perez at Handel Stadium following the graduation ceremony in Anaheim on Thursday morning, May 23, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    The family of graduate Madison Bautista point to her for a humorous photo after the 2024 Rosary Academy graduation ceremony at Rosary Academy in Fullerton on Friday, May 24, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    As shoppers stop and listen, Danielle Yi of Torrance plays a blue grand piano as part of the Music of Hope at South Coast Plaza’s Jewel Court in Costa Mesa on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The City of Hope Orange County is honoring cancer survivors across Southern California with live musical performances that run through Monday, June 10, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    A creative mortar board of a soon-to-be graduate of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton, during commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Family members hold signs for a soon-to-be graduate of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Fullerton during the commencement at Titan Stadium on Wednesday morning, May 22, 2024, in Fullerton. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Jocelyn Read, a professor of Physics at California State University Fullerton at her CSUF office in Fullerton on Thursday, May 16, 2024 is pictured against an artistic illustration by Eddie Anaya of two neutron stars moments before they merge. Read and other researchers at CSUF are leaders in gravitational wave astronomy. Read is also contributing to the development of the next-generation gravitational-wave observatory Cosmic Explorer. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Graduates throw confetti at the conclusion of the the 2024 Rosary Academy graduation ceremony at Rosary Academy in Fullerton on Friday, May 24, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Police face off with supporters of the pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine after the protestors took over a building in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Police wrestle a pro-Palestinian protester to the ground to put wrist restraints on him at UC Irvine in Irvine on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 after police began to move protesters and the encampment off the quad. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    UCI Divest and pro-Palestine students hold a walkout and protest at UC Irivne in Irvine on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 in the aftermath of last week’s protest in which police dispersed the protesters and dismantled the UCI Gaza Solidarity Encampment, arresting several students and other protesters. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    A person is laying on the ground after a standoff with police that closed both directions of The 91 Freeway near Lakeview Avenue in Anaheim California on Friday, May 24, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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    We asked our photographers to pick their favorite moments from May 2024, and here are some of the images they selected.

    May was all about schools – graduations, performances, prep sports and protests.

    In Anaheim, Sunkist Elementary School students helped muralist Carla Roque complete her artwork on a campus wall. Over the last two years, Anaheim Elementary School District campuses have had murals painted at every school to liven up spaces and leave positive messages for the students. This past school year brought the second set of murals. The new one at Sunkist Elementary faces the schoolyard courts.

    At Huntington Beach High School cheerleaders celebrated Rosie Harshman as one of six Teachers of the Year during a surprise visit by the Orange County Department of Education. Other teachers honored were Cassandra Cabrera, Mendez Fundamental Intermediate School, Keisha Cosand, Golden West College, Jordanna Jahn, Irvine Intermediate School, Joseph King, Hope School, and Kathryn Mayfield, Arbolita Elementary School.

    Irvine’s Beckman baseball players celebrated their CIF-SS Division 3 playoffs win over St. John Bosco.  Beckman won the game 2-1 capping off an incredible win streak.

    Seventh-grader Katelyn Nguyen was surprised by a celebration for her at Stacey Middle School the day before she headed to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest. The entire school greeted her with supportive posters and flowers as she left campus with her parents.

    At UCI, police faced off with supporters of the pro-Hamas encampment after protestors took over a building on campus. Protests have been staged at college campuses across the nation in response to Israel’s reaction to being attacked by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

    Benjamin Weil, a senior at Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts reacted with exuberance when he was announced as Artist of the Year in film and TV during the awards ceremony for the 2024 Artist of the Year at Memorial Hall at Chapman University in Orange.

    Then there were the graduations. High schools and colleges around the county started sending off their seniors including Faith Hinrichs and Hannah Hughes, who used all their might to scream as their friends’ names were announced during the Kennedy High School graduation ceremony in Handel Stadium.

    Outside of the schools,  the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center released 10 brown pelicans at Corona del Mar Beach. The Center was inundated with Brown Pelicans who were “stranded” on local beaches in starvation mode for unknown reasons.

    Shoppers at South Coast Plaza’s Jewel Court were treated to a live performance by Danielle Yi, of Torrance, as she played a blue grand piano as part of Music of Hope in Costa Mesa. City of Hope Orange County is honoring cancer survivors across Southern California with live musical performances that run through Monday, June 10, 2024.

    Check out the photos and follow The Orange County Register on Facebook and Instagram. Here are our staff photographers’ individual pages: Paul Bersebach, Jeff Gritchen, Leonard Ortiz, Mark Rightmire, and Mindy Schauer.

    Stay safe and stay healthy!

     

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