Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from September 2025 ...Middle East

The month of September brought out people enjoying the last bits of summer, high school football fans and crowds experiencing the haunting attractions of Knott’s Scary Farm.

Our photographers are out in Orange County every day, capturing these moments and many more.

A person rides in the San Juan Capistrano Skatepark in San Juan Capistrano, CA on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. The park opened about two months ago. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) An exuberant Darren Ormiston, 9, of Valencia, who lives with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, high-fives Jessica Miley of the CHOC Foundation and Dr. John Crawford during a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the CureDuchenne Clinic at the CHOC Center for Children’s Health in Irvine on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) A scene from Mary: Haunting of Worth Home maze at Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park, CA, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Ten mazes and five scare zones fill Knott’s Berry Farm for the annual scare event that runs from Sept. 18 to Nov. 1. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) A Great Blue heron looks for lunch along the Delhi Channel in the Back Bay in Newport Beach, CA, on Friday, July 25, 2025. The channel is one of several sources of fresh water entering the bay. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Two surfers head to the water on a foggy morning in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A bodyboarder rides a wave at the Wedge in Newport Beach, CA on Monday, September 29, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Mission Viejo Nadadores divers practice at the Marguerite Aquatics Complex, home in Mission Viejo on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. The City of Mission Viejo formed a committee to attract International Olympic Committee teams to its facilities for training. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Gunnery Sgt. Jacob McCoy and his wife Rebekah are pictured with their five children at their home at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Pictured, clockwise from swing, Jack, 4, Garrett, 5, Rebekah, Kennedy, 9, Annabelle, 11, Jacob, and Molly, 6. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Cliff swallow chicks are fed at their nest at the Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) People row as the sun rises in the Back Bay in Newport Beach, CA, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A woman walks takes her dog on a late evening walk around the lake at William R. Mason Regional Park in Irvine on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Donna Swift takes photos following a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Performing Arts Center at Estancia High School in Costa Mesa, CA on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. Swift is on the committee for the theater’s fundraising gala and her kids were in the drama club when they attended the school. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A coyote emerges from the creek at William R. Mason Regional Park in Irvine on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) The Most Rev. Timothy Freyer sprinkles holy water on the construction area on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025 for “The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience” at Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. The exhibit opens November 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) A cyclist rides under cloudy skies near Mike Ward Community Park in Irvine, CA on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Brian Priest walks around the property he lives on along Ortega Highway in El Cariso Village, CA, on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. A year ago, the Airport Fire ripped through the area and destroyed almost everything on the land where he stays as a guest. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) COO Nathan Shinagawa takes a group selfie after officials received the key to the new UCI Health – Irvine hospital on Jamboree Road in Irvine, CA, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Dads in “The Kilt Society” serve as security while students go to mass at St. Hedwig Catholic School in Los Alamitos, CA, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) A scene from Room 13 maze at Knott’s Scary Farm in Buena Park, CA, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Ten mazes and five scare zones fill Knott’s Berry Farm for the annual scare event that runs from Sept. 18 to Nov. 1. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Norman Abbod takes a photo as Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Hilton have an on-stage discussion after Sanders received the Richard Nixon Foundation’s 2025 Champion of the American Dream Award at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, 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, September 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) Children watch as a new 12-foot by 54-foot mural is unveiled at American Legion Post 716 in Los Alamitos, CA, on Sunday, September 28, 2025. The colorful artwork celebrates all six branches of the U.S. armed forces with giant portraits of the namesakes of the Marin-Davis American Legion Post. The mural sits on the north side of the building facing Oak Middle School. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Maxx Glick arrives from Brazil with his wife, Aline Glick, and son, Luca Glick, 3, at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, CA, on Monday, September 22, 2025. Maxx Glick said of the four airports he traveled through on this trip, John Wayne Airport is, “definitely the best”. John Wayne Airport ranked first among large airports in passenger satisfaction for the second consecutive year, J.D. Power’s 2025 North America Airport Satisfaction Study (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Irow, owned by shelter resident Christine Keghar, barks at Cosmo, a robot dog, during a pet parade through The Salvation Army Anaheim Emergency Shelter, in Anaheim, CA, on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. The Salvation Army’s Center for Applied Research and Innovation (CARI) received a grant for researching and reporting on the use of advanced robotics in homeless shelter settings and its impact on mental health and social isolation. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Huntington Beach High students painted their face orange to show support for the Huntington Beach football team in their game against Western in a game at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach on Thursday, September 4, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Keenan Walker, 15, skates at the new East End Skate Park located in an alley in Santa Ana on Friday, September 5, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Troy Foster (4) of Huntington Beach catches a pass over the defense of Ernest Nunley (11) of Western for a 58-yard touchdown in the first half of a game at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach on Thursday, September 4, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Tustin wide receiver Hayden Koo pushes Yorba Linda cornerback Thomas Knutson away after catching a pass in a nonleague football game in Yorba Linda on Friday, September 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Quentin Pacelli (4) of Garden Grove stiff-arms Erick Najera (21) of Rancho Alamitos as he runs for yardage in a game at Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove on Friday, September 26, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Newport Harbor running back Glenn Baranoski is stopped by El Modena offensive lineman Andrew Alvarez, right, and another defender late in the fourth quarter in a nonleague football game in Orange on Friday, September 5, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Show Caption1 of 30A person rides in the San Juan Capistrano Skatepark in San Juan Capistrano, CA on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. The park opened about two months ago. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Expand

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Check out our OC photographers’ favorite images from September 2025 ...Middle East

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