Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from November 2022

Three-year-old Rylie Perry slides down Snowflake Summit with her dad Ryan during Winter Fest OC at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA on Friday, November 25, 2022. Winter Fest OC runs through January 1, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A library visitor passes by the giant aquarium at the entrances to the Children’s Library inside the Cerritos Library in Cerritos on Sunday, November 27, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Head coach Bruce Rollinson of Mater Dei Monarchs holding his grandsons hand listens as his players recite the alma mater as St. John Bosco defeated Mater Dei Monarchs 24-22 CIF-SS Division 1 championship game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday, November 26, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Marcus Harris #10 of Mater Dei Monarchs catches a pass in the end zone for a touchdown over Marcelles Williams #1 of St. John Bosco in the first half of a CIF-SS Division 1 championship game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Friday, November 25, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Marcus Harris #10 of Mater Dei Monarchs reacts after catching a pass for first down against St. John Bosco in the first half of a CIF-SS Division 1 championship game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Friday, November 25, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Four-year-old Wendy Xu hugs giant Teddy Bears at Winter Fest OC at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA on Friday, November 25, 2022. Winter Fest OC runs through January 1, 2023. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A runner dressed as a turkey is chased by chefs as they near the finish line during the 45th annual Dana Point Turkey Trot in Dana Point on Thursday, November 24, 2022. Nearly 10,000 runners took part in the annual Thanksgiving Day event. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of The Last Man Society pose for a photo as they gather around a sand castle of a Sea King, the mascot of Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, where many members of The Last Man Society attended, on Balboa Island on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. In 1976, 17 high school friends made a pact to be friends forever, until the last man was standing. Every year they get together over the Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate their friendship. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Surfers take to the waves north of the pier in Huntington Beach, CA, on Tuesday, November 22, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Former NHL Black Hawks player, Jeremy Roenick, volunteers to don a bite suit and get attacked by a trained war dog during a demonstration at Coto de Caza on Monday, November 21, 2022. The show was part of a fund-raising golf tournament to raise money for retired war dogs. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ground crews work to cover the UCLA logo on the field at the Rose Bowl on Monday, November 21, 2022, ahead of the CIF Souther Section Division I championship football game in Pasadena, CA. St. John Bosco will take on Mater Dei this Friday. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A fan reacts during a World Cup watch party at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA on Monday, November 21, 2022. The World Cup match between the United States and Wales ended in a 1-1 draw. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Timothy Olivas and his daughter Xabrina celebrate a goal by Tim Weah for the United States at a watch party at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, CA on Monday, November 21, 2022. The World Cup match between the U.S.and Wales ended in a 1-1 draw. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Amber and David Keil, of Orange, take a selfie as artificial snow begins to fall during the 32nd Annual Winter Fantasy at the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach on Sunday, November 20, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A woman’s dog spots something on the incoming waves during a walk along the surf near the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach on Sunday, November 20, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A surfer rests his surfboard on his head as he surveys the waves near the Huntington Beach Pier in Huntington Beach on Sunday, November 20, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
David de Semir of Irvine skates around the ice rink with his daughter Melanie, 5, during the opening weekend of the Surf City Wonderland at Pier Plaza in Huntington Beach on Sunday, November 20, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Jacob Crouse kicks up some water as he rides a wave while competing in the annual Surfing Santa & Stand Up Paddle Board Contest at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The two-day event benefits Surfers Healing, which holds surfing camps for children with autism. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Festively dressed surfer Aaron O’Campo of Laguna Beach makes his way down to the beach for the annual Surfing Santa & Stand Up Paddle Board Contest at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The two-day event benefits Surfers Healing, which holds surfing camps for children with autism. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
As Lynann Escatel, left, holds the music, Diane Wenzel, center, and Mel Wygal, all of San Clemente, practice a holiday dance on the beach during the annual Surfing Santa & Stand Up Paddle Board Contest at Salt Creek Beach in Dana Point on Saturday, November 19, 2022. The two-day event benefits Surfers Healing, which holds surfing camps for children with autism. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Debra Dawson does laps in the pool at Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center in La Mirada, CA, on Friday, November 18, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ice rink staffer, Tristan Belsby escorts a bernedoodle named Sunny off the ice after the dog ran onto the ice to join the skaters at the Skating Under the Stars ice rink at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine on Thursday, November 17, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Children skate on the ice rink in the Giant Wheel court at the Skating Under the Stars at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine on Thursday, November 17, 2022. The ice skating rink is open through January 8. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Workers carry strike signs outside of a unionized Starbucks Coffee on Katella Avenue in Anaheim as they join fellow workers and those at more than 100 other unionized locations nationwide on Thursday, November 17, 2022, in a Red Cup Rebellion, one-day unfair labor practice strike. The store was closed for the day. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
After ballots are extracted, workers at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana go through every vote-by-mail ballot and provisional ballot to make sure that each one is empty and does not contain any ballots, on Thursday, November 17, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Steve Schell, chief scientist with Heliogen, a renewable energy technology company working to use the energy of sunlight to replace fossil fuels, stands in heliostat field of 600 mirrors that track the sun at the company’s facility in Lancaster, on Wedensday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Investigators work the scene where 25 sheriff recruits who were hit by a driver on Mills Avenue in Whittier, CA on Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Investigators work the scene where 25 sheriff and police recruits were hit by a driver on Mills Avenue in Whittier, CA on Nov. 16, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Two people get the view over Orange County while walking in Peter’s Canyon Regional Park in Orange, CA on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Rebecca Gallegos and her Golden retriever Grandpa Zeus get hit with a gust of wind while hiking at Peter’s Canyon Regional Park in Orange, CA on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. The pair were inside the park before rangers closed it because of the wind. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ryan Strome (16) and Trevor Zegras (11) of the Ducks celebrate after Strome scored a goal in the closing seconds of overtime to defeat the Red Wings in a game at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ducks goaltender John Gibson catches the puck in the second period during a game against the Red Wings at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
About 200 fast-food workers and union supporters gather at Chipotle’s headquarters in Newport Beach on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 to rally against restaurant chains blocking AB 257, a new law that will boost wages and give workers a stronger voice on the job. They then caravanned to other fast-food headquarters, including Del Taco and El Pollo Loco and McDonalds. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Utility lines drape over Via Canon in Dana Point, CA, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Marilyn and Len Gardner founded P.A.L. Coalition, a group of residents who want to see power lines buried in Dana Point. The city hired a consultant and the report will be released during the Nov. 15 Dana Point City Council meeting. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Justin Keever, 29, a teaching assistant and 6th year Visual Studies PhD candidate, pickets with dozens of academic employees at UC Irvine on Monday, November 14, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Special Olympics Southern California volleyball players, Patrick Truong and Joann Flowers, celebrate as their team the Garden Grove Rebels become Gold Medal winners in Fountain Valley on Sunday, November 13, 2022. They were taking part in the 2022 Fall Games Championship. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Andrea Shaw keeps her eyes focused on the tennis ball during the Special Olympics 2022 Fall Game Championship in Fountain Valley on Sunday, November 13, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kasey Carter, right, of Huntington Beach does some peppering with fellow volleyball players on the beach at the AVP volleyball tournament at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Seven-year-old Jesus Alvarez takes part in the La Habra corn-eating contest on Saturday, November 12, 2022, winning second place. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Damien water polo players celebrate their CIF Southern Section Championships win against Portola in Irvine on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Portola’s Grant Kramer (1) unsuccessfully attempts to block a shot during the CIF Southern Section Championships against Damien High School in Irvine on Saturday, November 12, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The annual Disneyland Christmas tree stands in Town Square at the foot of Main Street U.S.A. inside Disneyland in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, November 11, 2022. This is the 25th year the ride has had a holiday overlay. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bagpiper Richard Cook of Tustin plays Amazing Grace during the 33rd annual Veterans Day observance at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest on Friday, November 11, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
La Serna’s Coen Kune (1) blocks a shot against Dos Pueblos during their CIF-SS Boys water polo Division II semifinal game in Irvine, CA, on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Wylie Aitken, left, embraces his daughter, Ashleigh Aitken, a candidate for Anaheim mayor, after she arrived at a Democratic Party of Orange County election night party in Villa Park on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ashleigh Aitken, left, candidate for mayor of Anaheim feels the baby bump of her friend Courtney Long after Aitken arrived to a Democratic Party of Orange County election night party in Villa Park on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Rep. Katie Porter greets well-wishers at an election night watch party in Costa Mesa on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Porter is running for re-election in the new 47th Congressional District, which encompasses her home city of Irvine, as well as Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, and Seal Beach. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-39) addresses supporters during the Orange County GOP election watch party in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
U.S. Representative Michelle Steel (CA-48) during the Orange County GOP election watch party in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ada Briceño, left, chair of the Democratic Party of Orange County and Ajay Mohan, executive director at DPOC, high-five after seeing positive election returns for a democratic candidate during an election night party in Villa Park on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Luke Fransen casts his ballot at a voting center at Irvine Valley College in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. This was Fransen’s first time voting. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A man rides his bike in the rain along Yale Ave. in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Storms were expected to move through the area throughout the day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A man crosses the Main Street overpass over the 22 freeway as a rain storm hits Southern California in Santa Ana on Monday, November 7, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A runner works out at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, CA, on Monday, November 7, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
California Governor Gavin Newsom greets supporters at a get-out-the-vote event in Anaheim, CA on Monday, November 7, 2022. Newsom, along with U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, were supporting Anaheim mayoral candidate Ashleigh Aitken and congressional candidate Asif Mahmood (CA-40). (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Friends of Fred Swegles splash the water and toss flowers during a memorial and paddle out for Swegles, a longtime south Orange County journalist and San Clemente resident, at the San Clemente Pier in San Clemente on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Swegles, 74, died Sunday, Oct. 23, due to complications from a brain tumor. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Clay Gallagher, 2, the son of Tustin City Council member, Ryan Gallagher, is all smiles as he approaches the finish line during the 31st annual Dinosaur Dash in Tustin on Sunday, November 6, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Busses fill the OCTA Bus Base as Teamsters picket in outside in Santa Ana, CA, on Thursday, November 3, 2022. Maintenance workers who service Orange County buses said Wednesday they were going to strike, which will halt route throughout the region starting Thursday. The Orange County Transportation Authority and the Teamsters Local 952, which represents the 150 maintenance workers, have been negotiating for a new contract. Their current contract expired Sept. 30. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Lingering clouds along with snow from Wednesday’s storm cover the upper elevations of the San Gabriel Mountains set the backdrop to homes just off Serrano Avenue in Orange on Thursday, November 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Bus riders wait at a bus stop on 17th Street in Tustin in the early morning cold not knowing that the buses will not be operating due to the mechanics, service technicians and other bus maintenance employees with OCTA are on strike, on Thursday morning, November 3, 2022. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Matthew Mai-Prasarnsuk (7) of Orange Lutheran and Tanner Stagner (12) of Aliso Niguel battle for the ball in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 boys water polo playoffs at Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Alberto Lara checks for winning scratchers at the lottery station inside ABC Liquor in Garden Grove, CA, on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The Powerball prize soared to $1.2 billion after no winners were found Monday. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Al Hodges works with his falcon Eric at the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in Irvine, CA on Wednesday, November 2, 2022. The landfill uses the falcon to chase away gulls that come from the coast during the winter months. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A cyclist rides on Quail Trail in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. A cooling trend was moving into Southern California bringing possible gusty winds and downpours. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, Orange County health officer and chief medical officer of the county Health Care Agency in Santa Ana on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 after a Declaration of Health Emergency and a local emergency proclamation were issued on Tuesday, Nov. 1, in response to the quickly spreading RSV, Respiratory Syncytial Virus. “Our best shot at protecting ourselves and our children from respiratory illnesses continues to be the same things we practiced throughout the pandemic, including the use of masks when indoors around others and staying home when you are sick,” said Dr. Chinsio-Kwong (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

We asked our photographers to pick their favorite moments from November 2022, and here are some they selected.

November started with a lottery passing $1.2 billion and ended with turkey and shopping. In between, there were high school sports championships, an election and a bus strike.

The sign at Bay Liquor in Seal Beach didn’t have enough space to show the height to which a jackpot in the multi-state Powerball game has soared as of Wednesday, Nov. 2. The sign, capped at $999 million, fell short of the $1.2 billion jackpot a ticket with all six numbers won at an Altadena market. it is the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

Election results around the county were a mixed bag as Orange County turns purple. Democrats celebrated Rep. Katie Porter holding on to her seat in California’s 47th Congressional as Republicans cheered on Michelle Steel for keeping the 48th Congressional District.

Around the county, busses filled OCTA Bus Bases as Teamsters picketed. Maintenance workers who service OC buses went on a 24-hour strike, which halted routes throughout the region. The Orange County Transportation Authority and the Teamsters Local 952, which represents the 150 maintenance workers, have been negotiating for a new contract. Their current contract expired Sept. 30.

On Thanksgiving weekend, Mater Dei’s top-ranked football team entered the CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship seeking to extend its sendoff for outgoing coach Bruce Rollinson. The Monarchs nearly delivered a miraculous rally but fell just short at the Rose Bowl against St. John Bosco. The Braves stopped a 2-point conversion attempt with 3:08 left in the fourth quarter and held on to stun the Monarchs 24-22, ending Rollinson’s 34-year legendary career before 15,955 at the Rose Bowl.

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.

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