August saw the last weeks of the OC Fair, the CHOC Walk, the start of the prep football season, the first day of school and the end of summer.
Here is a selection of our photographers’ top picks for the month.
Thousands of pre-dawn walkers, including Daniel Bowen, center, stretch at the starting line of CHOC’s annual 5k Walk in the Park in Anaheim on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. The event hosted more than 6,500 participants and raised over $2.3 million for children’s health. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Victor Gonzalez of StoneAge Restoration uses a power spray to clean the Firefighter Monument at Irvine Regional Park in Orange, on Friday morning, Aug. 8, 2025. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Lincoln Ross chases down bubbles at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, CA, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)Santa Margarita head coach Carson Palmer, left, gives direction to players during the pre-game workout at the season-opening game against Mission Viejo at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)First-grade student Isabella Escobar waves goodbye as she heads to the first day of class at Peters K-3 Elementary School in Garden Grove, CA, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)The moon and the Great Park Balloon rise over the tree tops at Great Park Live in Irvine on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Mission Viejo quarterback Luke Fahey (3) breaks a tackle by the Santa Margarita defense as he scrambles in the backfield during a game at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)A large sun balloon comes down to the street as it makes its way along La Habra Boulevard in La Habra in the Corn Festival Parade on Saturday morning, Aug. 23, 2025. The city is celebrating its 100th anniversary. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)As summer comes to an end, a surfer returns to the shore near the Huntington Beach Pier just as the sun sets in Huntington Beach on Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)Hundreds of jellyfish swim near the surface in Newport Harbor in Newport Beach on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Eliana Kopin hugs her mom, Jordana, on her first day of kindergarten at Trabuco Mesa Elementary School in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)As the sun rises, a squirrel hangs upside down by its hind feet as it feeds on some berries at Irvine Regional Park in Orange, on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)La Habra City Mayor Rose Espinoza waves to the crowd during the Corn Festival Parade along La Habra Boulevard in La Habra on Saturday morning, Aug. 23, 2025. The city is celebrating its 100th anniversary. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Quinne Boyd captivates the audience as she showcases a creation by artists Jonathan Boyd and Valerie Killeen during the Festival of the Arts Runway Show in Laguna Beach on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)Harry Pappas reacts as he plays UNO with Hope Galvez at the community center in Fullerton, CA, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. Second graders from Scholarship Prep Orange County joined Meals on Wheels Orange County and Mattel as they celebrated the toy company’s 80th birthday with an UNO tournament and lunch. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)CHOC Walk in the Park 2025 ambassador Belle Wuich enjoys a moment with Minnie at the annual 5 K fundraising event in Anaheim on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. Belle is also celebrating a cancer-free diagnosis after 17 months of treatment for neuroblastoma. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Nathan Thompson of Costa Mesa flies through the finish line with his 1-year-old daughter Giorgia, during the annual 5k CHOC Walk in the Park on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. Thompson says Giorgia is doing well after four rounds of chemotherapy. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Caitie Rear with Team Daps Magic, an online journalism site, finishes the Choc Walk in the Park 5k with a smile on her face in Anaheim on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)Matt Parlow, left, President-Elect for Chapman University, laughs at remarks made by Chapman University President Daniele C. Struppa, right, during the dedication of the Daniele C. Struppa Research Park at Chapman University on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, in Orange. The facility was once the historic Killefer School, originally built in 1931. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)Kids ride the Bumper Boats at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, CA on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)Visitors ride Mach 1 at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa, CA on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)A surfer heads into the water at T-Street in San Clemente on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)San Clemente’s Shane Kiley, right, tries to get away from a Tustin defender in a season-opening football game in Tustin on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)Zoey and Sam Sandweiss of Eagle Rock pose for a selfie as they eat their corn during the La Habra Corn Festival in La Habra on Saturday morning, Aug. 23, 2025. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
