Jeff Gritchen
Photographer at Orange County Register
Staff photojournalist for the Southern California News Group based at the @ocregister. Journalist covering SoCal since 1989.
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sanluisobispo.com | Jeff Gritchen
Beaches along parts of the Orange County coast were cleared Tuesday afternoon as a lightning storm passed through, including the Huntington Beach Pier. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/SCNG) Jeff Gritchen TNS Booming thunderstorms, lightning strikes, bursts of heavy rain and even pea-sized hail hit parts of Southern California on Tuesday afternoon, prompting flash flood warnings around the region and temporarily closing beaches.
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sanluisobispo.com | Jeff Gritchen
Assistant City Manager Sean Crumby stands in a Whoosh vehicle proposed for the Great Park in Irvine, CA, on Monday, May 5, 2025. The new Swyft Cities’ Whoosh prototype is a gondola-type vehicle for transportation inside the park. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Jeff Gritchen TNS Just over a month ago, the city of Irvine revealed a futuristic gondola-like system that could move people through the Great Park.
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ocregister.com | Jeff Gritchen
Twenty-five years doesn’t seem like a long time, but for the elementary-aged kids who buried a time capsule in 2000, it’s been a lifetime. On Thursday, some of those kids — now adults — joined former teachers and current staff at Weaver Elementary School in Los Alamitos as they fulfilled their quarter-century-old promise to dig up their buried mementos. It wasn’t easy.
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sanluisobispo.com | Jeff Gritchen
Calvin Nguyen during Bolsa Grande graduation ceremony in Garden Grove, CA, on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Jeff Gritchen TNS Bolsa Grande High handed diplomas to the members of its graduating Class of 2025 on Tuesday, May 27. In a commencement ceremony in the campus stadium, families and friends cheered as the graduates walked across the stage, marking the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures.
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sanluisobispo.com | Jeff Gritchen
Visitors to The Fifth Rooftop Restaurant & Bar can see Space Mountain from atop the Grand Legacy At The Park Hotel in Anaheim, CA, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Jeff Gritchen TNS Orange County beaches have seen recordtourism in recent years, with SPF-slicked sunbathers packing the sands. As summer heats up and the desire for outdoor frolic grows, look skyward for relief.
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