Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from June 2024

A worshiper stands in the shadows outside the Crystal Cathedral during a service at the Our Lady of La Vang Shrine in Garden Grove on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Soon-to-be El Modena High School graduate Damien Herrera raises his arms toward his family in the stands at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange during commencement on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Cullen Lonergan of Costa Mesa gives thumbs-up after consuming six jalapenos and winning the men’s competition during the Tustin Street Fair and Chili Cook-off on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Steve Wynn, left, takes a photo of his wife, Janine, center, as she wears her daughter Laura’s cap, right, who just graduated from Mater Dei High School at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana sing their alma mater song at the conclusion of their commencement at the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Family members cheer soon-to-be graduates of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana as they enter the Bren Events Center at UC Irvine for the commencement on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Irvine. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Valedictorian Nathan Tran, left, high-fives salutatorian Kiara Parayao, right, after each finished their speech during the El Modena High School commencement at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Swim instructor Jasmine Lee, center, works with a small group of campers during the Zac Foundation Water Safety Camp at the Boys & Girls Club in Fullerton, CA, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Los Alamitos High School graduates Evan Smeltzer, left, Mady Nolan, center, and Alex Gritchen ride in the 2024 Rossmoor Senior Car Parade in Rossmoor, CA, on Saturday, June 1, 2024. The 5-mile parade route winds through the unincorporated neighborhood. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Samuel Woodward brushes away hair from his face after his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Ken Morrison, asked him to do so during his testimony in Orange County Superior Court in June. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG, Pool)

Gay McElwaine walks her dog, Penny Lane, as she checks out some of the 249 U.S. Flags planted off Dana Point Harbor Drive near Baby Beach in Dana Point, CA, on Wednesday, June {iptcday{iptcyear4}.The flags are commemorating Flag Day. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Graduate Jinjia Peng celebrates during the UCI commencement ceremony for the School of Education and School of Physical Sciences at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, CA, on Friday, June 14, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. delivers a speech outlining his foreign policy vision at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Ippei Mizuhara, 39, the former interpreter for the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, leaves federal court in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Mizuhara pleaded guilty to charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from Ohtani’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts. Mizuhara pleaded guilty to one federal count each of bank fraud and subscribing to a false tax return, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Diane Leong, left, of Westminster and TJ Morales of Huntington Beach take a selfie in front of the SummerFest backdrop as they attend SummerFest 2024 held at the Fountain Valley Sports Park in Fountain Valley on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The event included: carnival rides, games, concerts, food booths, shopping and runs through Sunday. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Leonard “Len” Zerlin, 100, at his home in Thousand Oaks on Monday, June 3, 2024, was a U.S. Army Air Corps turret gunner on a B-26 and was the first American to meet French families after the Normandy Beach invasion on June 6, 1944. Zerlin is pictured with a photo of himself in flight training school, left, and the bomber jacket from his B-26 “Flak Bait,” right. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Boxer Diego Aviles pictured at the Anaheim Boxing Club in the Downtown Youth Center in Anaheim on Friday, June 7, 2024. Aviles, an 18-year-old recent Magnolia High School graduate was just awarded the Rising Star award by the National Boxing Hall of Fame and who in May won the 2024 National Golden Gloves Boxing Tournament in Detroit.(Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Graduates Kennedy Steck and Madison Fries celebrate after the Costa Mesa High School commencement ceremony in Costa Mesa, CA, on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jake Huynh, left, and Timothy Werner celebrate at the conclusion of the Woodbridge High graduation ceremony at Irvine High School in Irvine on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Sydney Barry, 21, does a happy dance onstage after graduating from the UC Irvine Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences on Saturday, June 15, 2024. It was announced during commencement that the OC biotech entrepreneur donated $50 million to the school. He also was the featured speaker. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Laird Lavik surfs at the USA Surfing Championships at Lower Trestles just south of San Clemente, CA on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Charlie Hoang, with the Tustin Pickleball Association, keeps his eyes laser focused as he plays with friends on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. The group has 1,000 members, four skill levels and welcomes anyone to join. For more information go to: https://www.tustinpickleball.org (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Graduates celebrate after the Costa Mesa High School commencement ceremony in Costa Mesa, CA, on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Carson, a terrier mix, leaps off a surfboard during dog surfing at the Purina Pup Challenge at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Teaching assistants, academic researchers and other unionized academic workers picket at UC Irvine in Irvine, CA on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Members of United Auto Workers 4811 participated in the strike for what they say are unfair labor practices in relation to recent pro-Palestinian encampments. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

An elated Angelina Frank holds her diploma for family to see during El Modena High School commencement at Fred Kelly Stadium in Orange on Thursday, June 6, 2024. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A mannequin is used by the OCFA in Irvine on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, to demonstrate what can happen to people who handle illegal fireworks. Sheriff Sgts. Mike Wigginton, left, and Tim Pusztai say they have seen first hand how “life changing and “catastrophic” injuries from fireworks can be. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Longtime nurse Deanne Niedziela, left, who was paralyzed in an accident in Costa Rica, gets an embrace from nurse Alison Wilson during a visit the ICU where she used to work at Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo on Thursday, June 13, 2024. Niedziela returned to the hospital to say her goodbyes to doctors and staff. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Artist Gavin Heath peers between his glasswork at the media preview for the 58th Annual Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Members of Meraquas artistic swim team perform a demonstration program in the wave pool at Wild Rivers Waterpark after the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson event in Irvine, CA, on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Samantha Tobin, left, Skye Nguyen, center, and Danii Marie Mayfield, from Destined to Dance Studio, perform during the Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom at Boisseranc Park in Buena Park, CA, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Yazmin Lucho, with the cat rescue, Tips and Whiskers, checks on a kitten as she volunteers during Santa Ana’s one-day free spay and neuter mobile clinic on Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

A woman walks through the lemon grove at Citrus Ranch Park in Tustin, CA on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Adama Jewel Jackson, left, with African Soul International, dances with Vanessa Barkus of Huntington Beach during Irvine’s Juneteenth celebration at the Great Park on Saturday, June 22, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Elizabeth McGuirk, Chief Deputy Director at the California Department of Parks and Recreation, christens a new California State Park boat, Surf Watch 8, on the dock at the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Harbor Patrol in Newport Beach on Friday, June 28, 2024. It is one of four new lifeguarding boats that will be coming to the State Parks in Orange County. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Linda Sefati and her son Eliott, 5, share a “kiss and chips” dinner at the 77th Costa Mesa Fish Fry on Saturday, June 29, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Samuel Woodward is brought into Orange County Superior Court for closing arguments during his trial in Santa Ana, CA on Friday, June 28, 2024. Woodward is accused of stabbing his former Orange County School of the Arts classmate Blaze Bernstein to death more than six years ago and burying his body near a Foothill Ranch park. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Leanna Rizzo, with OC Lucky Dogs, walks a pack of dogs along Jamboree Road in Tustin, CA on Monday, June 24, 2024. Rizzo said she normally walks 3 miles with the dogs but will cut that short due to higher than normal temperatures. Temperatures in Tustin hit the mid-80’s. Parts of Orange County reached the low-90’s with an air quality alert, according to The Weather Channel. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Justice Constantine performs at Comicbook Hideout during Day of Music in Fullerton, CA, on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kristin Fersch of Dana Point, left, and Cecci Elgueta dance to the music of the band, The Great North Special, during the media preview for the 58th Annual Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Jamie Lake of Costa Mesa reacts as she is sized for toe ring at Patches Toe Rings during the media preview for the 58th Annual Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kloe Wilson,6, takes her siblings: Kai, 1, and Kira, 4, out for spin during Irvine’s third annual Juneteenth Freedom Celebration at the Great Park on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Their parents were keeping watch from their nearby booth, Kailifornia, where they were selling jewelry and accessories at the event. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Iza, a French bulldog, leaps from her board during dog surfing at the Purina Pup Challenge at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Ed Read, Cal State Fullerton Biology Greenhouse Complex manager, fans the air around a blooming Victoria amazonica water lily, to take in its fruity fragrance. Although the plant is common in tropical South America, it is rare to see it cultivated from seeds, Read said on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Kentucky Gallahue keeps an eye on his dog, Derby, a Goldendoodle, as he rides a wave during dog surfing at the Purina Pup Challenge at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach, CA, on Friday, June 21, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Surfer Elise Takahashi takes a photo with instructors Cristina Chan and Makai Bray during a Surfers Healing event at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The event allows people on the autism spectrum to catch waves with an instructor. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Staff works in the Real Time Operations Center at the OC Sheriff’s Technology Center in Tustin, CA on Thursday, June 27, 2024. The 120,000-square-foot facility will bring three divisions under one roof. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Gael Mamine, exhibition curator for Yves Saint Laurent: Line and Expression, during a tour of the display at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Costa Mesa, CA, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. Line and Expression is an exhibit of Yves Saint Laurent’s drawings. Original sketches, photographs, jewelry, accessories, and haute couture garments from 1963 to 2001. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)