By Michele Cardon | mcardon@scng.com | Orange County Register
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The month of October brought out people enjoying the Pacific Airshow, high school football, the start of the Ducks’ season, and Halloween. Our photographers are out in Orange County every day, capturing these moments and many more.
A student passes a mural outside the humanities and social sciences building at Cal State, Fullerton in Fullerton, CA on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Luke Czepiela demonstrates a short takeoff and landing (STOL) during the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Czepiela flies a specially modified CubCrafters Carbon Cub with a lightweight titanium frame, a wider propeller, and a nitrous system for extra power. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Gabriella Quast (30) of Santa Margarita attempts to avoid the tackle by Maya Conklin (23) of Canyon in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs at Santa Margarita High School in Rancho Santa Margarita on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of St. Catherines Academy in Anaheim, participate in the city of Placentia’s 60th annual Heritage Festival, which started off with a parade along Kraemer Blvd. then ended at Tri-City Park in Placentia. Marching bands from around the region, community groups, floats and more participated in the parade…The event was held on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025 ..(Photo by Karen Tapia, Contributing Photographer)
Luni Bui looks to Jayden Frigillana as they try to keep dry at Cypress College in Cypress, CA, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. The first substantial rainstorm of the fall season swept through Southern California with the threat of mudslides, flooding, possible thunderstorms and an evacuation order for parts Orange County. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Tasha Johnson, playing Morticia Addams, sings as Alice Beineke, played by Laila Rain Montana, is surrounded by the ghosts of ancestors as the cast of The Addams Family works through a dress rehearsal at Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, CA, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. The musical runs Wednesday through Saturday at the Los Alamitos High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available at losaldrama.org (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mexican spider monkeys at the Santa Ana Zoo in Santa Ana on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 will be moved into the new Primate Trails Habitat in the River’s Edge section of the zoo. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Fans take a photo of Beckett Sennecke of the Ducks, right, during the Orange Carpet event for the home opener against Pittsburgh at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
An F-15 fighter jet from the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno intercepts a twin turbo-prop King Air over California’s Central Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a joint U.S. and Canadian command, demonstrated its air defense mission with a real-time example of the high-stakes chain of events when a pilot violates a TFR. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mazi of Phoenix Arizona gets dressed up in a Swiss Army Knife costume during the 2025 Fall Corgi Beach Day, Oct. 25, 2025, in Huntington Beach. Mazi went on to win the contest…(Photo by Steven Georges, Contributing Photographer)
Kirra Maniglia, 5, plays with a ball in the surf as Undaunted Airshows’ RV-7 and RV-8 perform during the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. The team performs in two Van’s Aircraft kit planes: a two-seat RV-7 flown by lead pilot Stephen Christopher, and a single-seat RV-8 flown by Todd Rudberg. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Brea Olinda High School 10th grader Kennedy Swann and her mother, Jennifer Swan, at their home in Brea, CA, on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Kennedy Swann was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) at nine months old— a condition often described as the childhood version of ALS. Kennedy Swann joined her mother, Jennifer Swann, on stage during TEDx Temecula, where she was the first person to deliver a TEDx talk using a speech-generating device operated by her eyes. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Snow covers mountain tops in the San Gabriel Mountains in Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 after storms moved through the area the previous day. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kimmy Bear, left, and Alexis Malatesta sing karaoke during the Goodbye Westminster Mall Karaoke Party in Westminster, CA, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. Alexis Malatesta threw the party for the Mall, which opened in 1974, is closing on Oct. 29. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
GG Szczuka (9), right, of JSerra celebrates with teammates after scoring a touch down on a long pass in a girls flag football game against Orange Lutheran at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
US Marine veteran, Jesse Bulldog, 79, of Santa Ana performs a Native American tradition of burning sage for a “blessing of the warriors” ritual along the three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C at the opening ceremony for “The Wall That Heals,” at Grijalva Park in Orange on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A photo of US Marine Lance Cpl. Robert John Reilly, Jr., who was killed in action in Vietnam on Dec. 9, 1965, was placed at the base of a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C, after the opening ceremony for “The Wall That Heals,” at Grijalva Park in Orange on Thursday, October 2, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Chris Kreider (20) of the Anaheim Ducks celebrates after scoring the winning goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period of the home opener at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cutter Gauthier of the Ducks, left, examines a fan’s flag with Gauthier’s image during the Orange Carpet event before the home opener against Pittsburgh at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kurt Suzuki, left, puts on his jersey after being announced as the new manager of the Los Angeles Angels by General Manager Perry Minasian during a press conference at the stadium in Anaheim, CA on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Trevor Crabb, right, takes a shot during his match at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Newport Beach, CA on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Noah Heathington (27) of Troy forces a fumble by running back James Munro (16) of Canyon in a game at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, right, along with teammates Andy Pages, center, and Miguel Rojas, left, look on from the dugout during the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Mission Viejo cheerleaders perform on the field during halftime of a home football game against San Clemente on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Isabel Vargas, left, reacts inside a 7.0 earthquake simulator at Cal State, Fullerton in Fullerton, CA on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. CSUF and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services partnered to raise earthquake preparedness during the annual Great California ShakeOut. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
San Juan Hills students Paul Freeman and Paige Steers are announced as the Homecoming King and Queen during a Pirates of the Caribbean-themed Homecoming halftime show on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Santa Margarita free safety Logan Hirou celebrates after the Eagles defeated Mater Dei 7-6 in Santa Ana on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
Ninth grader Scarlett Becerra in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, is shown with her pumpkin titled, “The Joker,” which she created for OCSA’s annual Visual Arts painted Auction and Pumpkin Display. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Hundreds of paddleboarders and kayakers, dressed as witches, paddle through Dana Point Harbor in what has become an ever-growing, pre-Halloween annual gathering, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Ziggy, the OC Zoo’s black jaguar, dives onto ground meat on a large jack-o-lantern, one of several “enrichments” left for him in his enclosure during the annual Halloween Zoo-Tacular in Irvine Regional Park on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
Darby Perry of Laguna Niguel holds her daughter, Huxley Perry, 2, as they check out an animatronic “Slimer,” at a display created by Orange County Ghostbusters, outside the OC Zoo in Irvine Regional Park during Halloween Zoo-Tacular on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)
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A student passes a mural outside the humanities and social sciences building at Cal State, Fullerton in Fullerton, CA on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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