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These 70 photos are our OC photographers’ favorites from October 2021

A surfer jumps off his board into a wave just south of the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, following Monday’s storm. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Wells Fargo District Manager Bryan Campbell, left, paints alongside Dominic Griffiths, with Habitat for Humanity Orange County, during a build in Stanton, CA on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. Habitat for Humanity Orange County is building six townhomes with financial support and some labor from Wells Fargo. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

One-year-old Journi Hampton is given a new toothbrush by Angie Nieblas, a registered dental assistant, at Healthy Smiles for Kids in Garden Grove on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. It was Journi’s first visit to the dentist. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Santa, a.k.a. Jim Long, checks out a 100-foot White fir before it is raised at the Outlets at San Clemente on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. The tree, after making a 670-mile journey from Mt. Shasta, will be hand decorated with 18,000 lights and 10,000 bows. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A pedestrian walks on a rain-soaked street in Santa Ana where cars kick up water on Monday, October 25, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Randi Andrade, 24, dressed as Tinker Bell, kisses her horse Lakota, dressed as Peter Pan, before the start of the Halloween costume parade at the Fullerton Recreational Riders “Halloween Play Day” in the equestrian center at Laguna Lake Park in Fullerton on Sunday, October 24, 2021. Dakota is a rescued Mustang from BLM land and only been with Andrade for a couple of weeks. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Dressed in her Day of the Dead costume Ember Sulick, 11, reacts after catching an egg in the egg toss competition at the Fullerton Recreational Riders “Halloween Play Day” at the equestrian center at Laguna Lake Park in Fullerton on Sunday, October 24, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Perhaps more adept at riding a broomstick, Debby Zulch has trouble navigating her kayak as she floats towards Beth Oas, left, during the Ladies of OC Beaches cruise around Dana Point Harbor on Saturday, October 23, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

After graduating from a from a two-year program that helps some first-time felony offenders resolve their court cases, Chefwinds, left, holds his certificate as Judge Maria D. Hernandez, center, embraces graduate Gavin as Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman, second from right, a UCI professor of psychological science, embraces Joseph, in Young Adult Court on Friday, October 22, 2021, in Santa Ana. The court is a collaborative court for first-time felony offenders between the ages of 18 and 25. They are part of the fourth graduating class from the program. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Young author Kiara “Kiwi” Smith, 8, in the library at Mariposa Elementary School in Brea, CA, on Friday, October 22, 2021. She has written a series of children’s books, each providing a different life lesson, and started a non profit called Kiwi Cares Collection (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Emily Rowley, 20 takes a ride on a 14-foot chair board designed for adaptive surfing in Huntington Beach, CA on Friday, October 22, 2021. The board was developed by Rocky McKinnon, who runs McKinnon Surf & SUP Lessons. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Chef Alan Sanz has opened Sueños on Ocean Ave. in Laguna Beach, CA. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The moon rises over a pirate ship on the front lawn of the home of Mike and Dawn Stanley which is part of their “Pirates of the Caribbean” themed Halloween display on Oak Ridge Circle in Aliso Viejo on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. The pirate ship, constructed of styrofoam by the Stanley family includes animatronic pirate skeletons, smoke, music and canon fire all controlled via a phone app. The Stanley family has been building large themed Halloween displays for the last 10 years. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) brainstorm

A cyclist rides on Quail Trail as the sun sets in Irvine, CA on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Houston Thomas, running back for Servite High in Anaheim on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Daniela Magdaleno, 9, gets a hug from her mom, Blanca Reyes, after learning that she made it into The Woden Floor dance program on Monday, October 18, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Cesar Lopez, 17, dressed as Jack Skellington waits in “The Swamp” to hand out candy to children at the Haunt of Halloween’s Not-So-Scary Haunted Maze for younger children at the Kaleidoscope in Mission Viejo on Sunday, October 17, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Melissa Uriu holds her little pumpkin. 6-month old Amelia, at the Tanaka Farms pumpkin patch in Irvine on Sunday, October 17, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The Disneyland Monorail crosses the Downtown Disney District in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. The 2 1/2-mile ride around the Disneyland Resort has not been running since March 2020, when Disneyland Resort closed to Guests. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Samuel DeAngelo and Sophia Lang rehearse for Garden Flow at Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona del Mar, CA on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Dancers with Backhausdance were preparing for two shows set among the architecture and flowers of the gardens. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Shoreline cleanup crews use absorbent material to soak up any oil that may have made its way into a small creek that flows into the ocean at Crystal Cove State Park in Laguna Beach on Thursday, October 14, 2021. The tar balls on the sand, rocks and vegetation along the beach are remnants of the offshore oil spill near Huntington Beach in early October. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jakob Silfverberg (33) of the Anaheim Ducks is emerges from the light and smoke as he’s introduced prior to the season opener against the Winnipeg Jets at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Oceanview High School varsity football player Isis Salazar, 14, in Huntington Beach, CA, on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. Last week Salazar became the first varsity female to score a touchdown in Orange County. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kylie Clatterbuck of International Bird Rescue and Sam Christie of Oiled Wildlife Care Network, from left, release an eared grebe and a ruddy duck at Huntington Harbor in Huntington Beach, CA on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. The two birds were rescued and rehabilitated after getting into oil from a spill over the weekend of October 2, 2021. The spill is believed to have come from a damaged pipeline connected to an oil rig off the Orange County coast. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Family members toss flowers into the ocean from the Seal Beach Pier in Seal Beach on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 in memory of the 8 people that lost their lives in the the Salon Meritage mass shooting at the conclusion of a vigil for the victims. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Family and friends gather to mourn and remember during a vigil at Eisenhower Park in Seal Beach on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 to commemorate the 10-year-anniversary of the Salon Meritage mass shooting that killed 8 people. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Environmentalists hold signs as they gather outside of the office of Rep. Michelle Steel, R-Huntington Beach, on Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, to call on her to support a cessation of offshore oil drilling and climate-change legislation. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Mia Ross, 9, center, of Rancho Santa Margarita joins others in dancing to the music of The Reflexx at the Rancho Family Fest at Central Park in Rancho Santa Margarita on Sunday, October 10, 2021. The event is hosted by the RSM Chamber of Commerce, with cooperation from the City of Rancho Santa Margarita and SAMLARC. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The shadows of dancing people falls across stage as Greg Craycraft, lead singer of the band The Reflexx, rallies the crowd during the Rancho Family Fest at Central Park in Rancho Santa Margarita on Sunday, October 10, 2021. The event is hosted by the RSM Chamber of Commerce, with cooperation from the City of Rancho Santa Margarita and SAMLARC. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Greg Craycraft, center, lead singer of the band The Reflexx, takes a moment to pose for a selfie as he mingles with the crowd while singing during the Rancho Family Fest at Central Park in Rancho Santa Margarita on Sunday, October 10, 2021. The event is hosted by the RSM Chamber of Commerce, with cooperation from the City of Rancho Santa Margarita and SAMLARC. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Aria Grace Bright, 3, of Rancho Santa Margarita dances as her grandmothers dog, Henry Hunter, sits with a sock he took from his owner during the Rancho Family Fest at Central Park in Rancho Santa Margarita on Sunday, October 10, 2021. The event is hosted by the RSM Chamber of Commerce, with cooperation from the City of Rancho Santa Margarita and SAMLARC. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Swimmers wait at the water’s edge for the first leg of the Orange County Triathlon to begin at Lake Mission Viejo on Sunday, October 10, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Khloe Saldivara, 9, the reigning kids corn-eating champ at the La Habra Corn Festival, loses to her 6-year-old brother, Aaron, on Saturday, October 9, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A dog rides in the bow of a boat in Newport Harbor in Newport Beach on Saturday, October 9, 2021, as crews continue to clean local beaches while oil washes onshore a week after the offshore oil spill in Huntington Beach. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers with Patriot Environmental Services pick through the sand looking for pieces of oil south of the pier in Huntington Beach, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Investigators searching for the cause of an undersea oil pipeline break off the Southern California coast have pointed to the possibility that a ship anchor dragged the line across the seabed and cracked it, but two videos released so far provide only tantalizing clues about what might have happened below the ocean surface. (Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP)

Dr. Jamie Sherman, a veterinarian from UC Davis, examines a snowy plover found oiled in Huntington Beach from the offshore oil spill, at the Los Angeles Oiled Care and Education Center in San Pedro on Friday, October 8, 2021. The snowy plover is one of seven currently at the center. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Family and friends stand in the street to cheer as Marine Cpl. Patrick Shearer, 20, returns home with his parents to a surprise welcome home celebration and VW Bus parade in Huntington Beach on Thursday, October 7, 2021. Cpl. Shearer returned home after serving an 8-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, including being one of the Marines supporting the evacuation operation when the Kabul airport was attacked by suicide bombers, killing 13 American service members. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kevin Bailey, 9, wears an American flag mask to welcome home his cousin Marine Cpl. Patrick Shearer, 20, as he returns home to a surprise welcome home celebration in Huntington Beach on Thursday, October 7, 2021. Cpl. Shearer returned home after serving an 8-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, including being one of the Marines supporting the evacuation operation when the Kabul airport was attacked by suicide bombers, killing 13 American service members. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A turkey vultures soars at Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach, CA on Thursday, October 7, 2021. The birds have a 6-foot wingspan but typically weigh only 2-4 pounds. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

With the Huntington Beach Pier as a backdrop, crews continue cleaning oil along the shoreline on Thursday, October 7, 2021, in Huntington Beach following the offshore oil spill last weekend just off Huntington Beach. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A great blue heron rests on a branch as a willet flies by at Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach, CA on Thursday, October 7, 2021. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Patriotic Environmental Services workers toss contaminated bags of sand, collected from the beach, into a bin during oil spill cleanup efforts in Huntington Beach on on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Container cargo ships sit off shore from the Long Beach/Los Angeles port complex in Long Beach, CA, on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Artist, surfer and board shaper, Bill Stewart stands in from of the mural he painted outside of his surfboard shop in San Clemente on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Stewart will be inducted into the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame on October 9, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Students are led by a Star Wars Character as they walk to school at McFadden Institute of Technology during International Walk to School Day in Santa Ana, CA on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Police officers, safety personnel and several Star Wars characters helped educate the students about walking safely to school and in their neighborhoods. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

California Governor Gavin Newsom, left, walks with Wade Crowfoot, California’s Natural Resources Secretary along Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach, site of the the recent offshore oil spill, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in Orange County to support the emergency response to the oil spill that originated in federal waters. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A worker shows a clump of oil recovered from the sand south of the pier in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. A leak in an oil pipeline caused a spill off the coast of Southern California sending about 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, some ending up on beaches in Orange County. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers clean oil from the sand south of the pier in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. A leak in an oil pipeline caused a spill off the coast of Southern California sending about 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, some ending up on beaches in Orange County. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The California Responder works off the coast of Laguna Beach, CA, on Monday, October 4, 2021. The U.S Coast Guard is leading the response to the spill, which comprised 126,000 gallons of oil and covered about 5.8 nautical miles between the Huntington Beach Pier and Newport Beach. The spill emanated from a facility operated by Beta Offshore about five miles off the coast, and was likely caused by a pipeline leak. The ship is a Responder-class oil-skimming vessel registered based in Port Hueneme, California. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Workers with Patriot Environmental Services mop up oil on the surface of the water at Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach, CA on Monday, October 4, 2021. Officials continued working to contain at least 126,000 gallons of oil believed to have leaked from a broken pipeline connected to an off-shore oil rig. The oil has fouled the water and coastline mostly in Huntington and Newport beaches. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Booms float in the Talbert Marsh as workers try to limit the spread of oil from a spill from an offshore oil rig in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, October 14, 2017. The U.S Coast Guard is leading the response to the spill, which comprised 126,000 gallons of oil and covered about 5.8 nautical miles between the Huntington Beach Pier and Newport Beach. The spill emanated from a facility operated by Beta Offshore about five miles off the coast, and was likely caused by a pipeline leak. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Veteranarian Duane Tom examines a saunderling, a small shore bird brought to the Huntington Beach Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center on Monday, October 4, 2021 due to the oil spill. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Booms float in the Talbert Marsh as workers try to limit the spread of oil from a spill from an offshore oil rig in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, October 14, 2017. The U.S Coast Guard is leading the response to the spill, which comprised 126,000 gallons of oil and covered about 5.8 nautical miles between the Huntington Beach Pier and Newport Beach. The spill emanated from a facility operated by Beta Offshore about five miles off the coast, and was likely caused by a pipeline leak. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Mauro Aguilar, 12, and his cousin Mackenzie Hagerman, 11, make their own fun even though the beach was closed due to an oil spill in Huntington Beach on Sunday, October 3, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

About 300 Marines from Camp Pendleton’s 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment returned on Sunday, October 3, 2021 to their waiting loved ones. Many served at the Kubul Airport in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Clean up crews remove oil-soaked vegetation along a boom in Talbert Marsh Wetlands in Huntington Beach on Sunday, October 3, 2021 after an oil spill from an offshore rig washed up on Huntington State Beach. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An oil soaked toy Minion washed up on shore at Huntington State Beach along with oil from a 126,000-gallon spill from an offshore rig in Huntington Beach on Sunday, October 3, 2021. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Westcliff College University Coed Cheer Team member recovers quickly while taking part in the Tustin Tiller Days Parade on Saturday, October 2, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Antique cars cruise in the Tustin Tiller Days parade on Saturday, October 2, 2021. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Hundreds carrying signs leave the North Justice Center in Fullerton for a women’s reproductive rights march along Harbor Boulevard through downtown Fullerton on Saturday morning, October 2, 2021. The march was sponsored by Indivisible CA39 and the Democratic Party of Orange County. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Service puppies get a paws-on lesson in public transit with their trainers on on Saturday, October 2, 2021 during the OCTA’s free service-animal training day. Buses left from the ARTIC transit station and made stops at Downtown Disney and GardenWalk shopping mall in Anaheim so the dogs could get used to the experiences and learn to stay focused. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform during the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, October 1, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The U.S. Marine Corp MV-22 Osprey Demo Team Air perform during the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, October 1, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Gaby Stringer and her daughter Claire, 21 months, take a stroll through the sunflower fields at Hana Field in Costa Mesa, CA on Friday, October 1, 2021. The u-pick flower field and pumpkin patch is part of Tanaka Farms in Irvine. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Luke Dunn, 2, carries his pumpkin at Hana Field in Costa Mesa, CA on Friday, October 1, 2021. The u-pick sunflower field and pumpkin patch is part of Tanaka Farms in Irvine. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A hiker walks along Delhi Channel at Upper Newport Bay in Newport Beach, CA on Tuesday, September 28, 2021. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Celebrating Halloween Southern California style, Courtney Knapp of Newport Beach dressed in her Halloween costume paddles her board just north of the Newport Beach Pier in Newport Beach during the 18th annual Blackies Halloween Surf event on Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A young surfer dressed in a shark Halloween costume rides a wave just north of the Newport Beach Pier in Newport Beach during the 18th annual Blackies Halloween Surf event on Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Fountain Valley Police Officers Jessica Lee, left, and Danielle Fermin pose for a photo as they try on the Grocery Outlet pumpkin heads following the 15th annual Pediatric Halloween Parade at the Fountain Valley Regional Hospital in Fountain Valley on Friday, October 29, 2021. Pediatric patients at the hospital were able to take part in Halloween festivities and receive non-candy goodies donated by staff and the community. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

One of the pumpkins in the pumpkin carving contest at the 15th annual Pediatric Halloween Parade at Fountain Valley Regional Hospital in Fountain Valley on Friday, October 29, 2021. Pediatric patients were able to take part in Halloween festivities and receive non-candy goodies donated by staff and the community. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)