Best of 2015: The year in photos

David Prieto, the shop manager from Klockwork Tattoo in Covina shows off Richard Pryor and Rodney Dangerfield tattoos on his head during the Musink Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at the OC Fair & Event Center.

Lisa Hollingsworth, far left, is comforted by her mother Susan Deardorff at the 50th Anniversary Memorial Dedication and Remembrance at Irvine Great Park in honor of the servicemen killed in a crash of a C-135 Marine Corp plane on Loma Ridge in 1965 from what was then the El Toro Marine Corp Air Station.

CdM freshmen Brianna Pievac leaves her chair to finish a dance routine during the Exceptional Educators Tea Party to honor the teachers and parents of special education students of the Newport-Mesa School District at the Costa Mesa Neighborhood Community Center.

Ashnika Eckhardt, 6, smells a rose during an event at the “Tree of Life” memorial at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. The event, co-hosted by Hoag and OneLegacy, the non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives through organ, eye and tissue donation, honored families of recent Hoag organ donors with a replica of a leaf bearing the name of their loved one that hangs on the Tree of Life.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA, March 13, 2015 -- Students circumambulate a pi shrine before attempting to recite digits of pi from memory during a Pi Day celebration at Harbor Day School on Friday. (Kevin Chang/ Daily Pilot)  (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)

Erin Klein, left, and Danielle Ahir grieve at the site of a memorial for Spencer Becker, a Newport Coast resident, near Jamboree Road and Bristol Street. Becker died in an automobile accident.

Chad Pregizer with the Costa Mesa Fire Department walks the catwalk with Raelyn Beckler during a fashion show in partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Orange County on Saturday at Bloomingdale’s.

Crew members work on installing “La Cage aux Folles,” by Warren Techentin, at Civic Center Park in Newport Beach.

Henry T. Segerstrom’s casket is carried on a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by the 393rd Military Police Battalion, the 316th Military Police Detachment, and the Costa Mesa Police & Fire Department Honor Guard, during the memorial and funeral service held on Sunday at Fairhaven Memorial Park.

Susan Deardorff, right, hugs a lifelong friend during the 50th Anniversary Memorial Dedication and remembrance to the servicemen killed in the crash of a C-135 Marine Corp plane that left El Toro Marine Corp Air Station in 1965 for Vietnam. At the time, Deardorff was married to her husband Fred Peterson for only two weeks when he was killed in the accident on Loma Ridge in Orange County at what was then the El Toro Marine Corp Air Station.  (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

Owner Sammy Khouraki , center, welcomes Layan Alasseel, 9, of Irvine and her mother, Kholod Alani, left, as they shop at Altayebate Market in Anaheim. Alasseel and her mother are regulars here.

CdM’s #3 singles player Siena Sharf rips a forehand winner during girls varsity non-league tennis match against Sage Hill.

Billy Andrade hits from the side bunker on the 17th hole during first round of the Toshiba Classic at the Newport Beach Country Club.

Debut boxer Timothy Lee of Las Vegas, left, knocks out Steven Mckinney of Chicago in the first round of a welterweight bout during Fight Club OC in Costa Mesa.

Corona del Mar’s Billy Shaw, left, and Reece Perez, right, celebrate with Jack Blower after he scored a run for a touchdown during a game against Beckman at Jim Scott Stadium.

UC Irvine’s Keston Hiura can’t get to a deep ball against the wall during a Big West Conference game against Long Beach State.

CdM’s Taevon Lee celebrates a touchdown with teammate Dylan Tucker in a game against Tesoro.

Costa Mesa’s Jacob Petersen takes a shot from behind his back for a score under pressure from Estancia defenders in a game at Costa Mesa High.

Estancia’s Jordan Balcazar gets upended by Pacifica’s Jake Eckert.

Estancia celebrates beating Costa Mesa 23-0 during the Battle of the Bell.

Newport Harbor High’s Chanel Schilling, center, battles inside to shoot the ball against two Orange Lutheran defenders.

Brandy Young, left, and Erin Huffstutter, photographed in October, started a new online magazine called “I Heart Costa Mesa.”

Costa Mesa High School senior Roderick Edwards, photographed in February, won a full-ride scholarship, through a national nonprofit program called QuestBridge, to attend Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

Professor Kei Akagi, for the Claire Trevor School of Arts music department, in his office at UC Irvine in January.

Lt. Cmdr. Brett Dawe, Royal Navy; Maj. Shane Nicoll, Australian Army; and Lt. Cmdr. Ben Roberts, Royal Australian Navy, left to right, gather on the red carpet during Newport Beach opening night festivities at Edward’s Big Newport on in April.

Bella Watkings, 2, of Lake Arrowhead is entertained with bubbles by “Doctor Buns,” played by Skyler Sullivan during Clown Care at Children’s Hospital of Orange County in September.

Different color paints on display at Peinture at SOCO in July.

Irvine student Sarika Rau won the Orange County Spelling Bee in May.

Iwo Jima veteran Sgt. Maj. Mike Mervosh (Ret.), 91, of Oceanside shares his experience of the invasion of the island during a luncheon in February to raise funds to purchase and relocate the National Iwo Jima Memorial.

Pelagic red tuna crabs came ashore at Newport Harbor in January.

Linda Tran mixes corn and serves fried and grilled meat during opening night of the 2015 Vietnamese Tet Festival at the Orange County Fair and Event Center in February.

Julia Winkelmann, 5, applies pastels to her fingers during workshop class at Open House Creative in February.

The Balboa Pavilion in Newport Beach was tented to eradicate termites in January13.