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California's Most Memorable 2021 Moments Captured In 25 Photos

The gallery encapsulates some of the Golden State's biggest news stories of the year.

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Linjia Jablon, left, and Atasiea, a co-founder of Ecstatic Dance LA, cast long shadows on the sand as they dance during a weekly event on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021.
Linjia Jablon, left, and Atasiea, a co-founder of Ecstatic Dance LA, cast long shadows on the sand as they dance during a weekly event on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. (Jae C. Hong/AP)

CALIFORNIA — With this year's nonstop news cycle, you could be forgiven for forgetting some of California's biggest 2021 headlines. That is why we compiled a calendar of photos from 25 of this year's memorable Golden State news items. Click the photos to read more about the stories behind the images.

January

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In this Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, motorists wait in lines to take a coronavirus test in a parking lot at Dodger Stadium, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)
In this Jan. 7, 2021, file photo, two nurses put a ventilator on a patient in a COVID-19 unit in Orange. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Licensed vocational nurse Joselito Florendo, right, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Michael Chesler at a mass vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia on Jan. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)


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February

In this Feb. 1, 2021, file photo, a man wearing a face mask walks in San Francisco, with a rainbow in the background. Six weeks later, state officials would announce that 13 counties would be eligible to open restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and museums at limited capacity. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)


March

Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels fouls the ball during the first inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at an empty Dodger Stadium amid COVID restrictions on March 29, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)


April

A view of the red carpet during the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello-Pool/Getty Images)
In this Friday, April 30, 2021, file photo, visitors walk down Main Street USA at Disneyland in Anaheim. California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, was turning a page on the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae Hong, File)


May

In this May 13, 2021, file photo, children ages 12 to 15 wait to get their vitals checked before getting their Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Families Together of Orange County in Tustin. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

In this Saturday, May 29, 2021, file photo, people crowd the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica. California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, was turning a page on the pandemic. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)


June

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Universal Studios characters attend a press conference for the official reopening of the state at Universal Studios Hollywood on June 15, 2021, in Universal City. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)


July

Daryl Luppino drinks from his water bottle as he takes a break during his bike ride while a train passes on July 09, 2021, near Palm Springs. ‘Dangerously hot conditions’ hit the Coachella Valley throughout the month. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)


August

A kayaker fishes in Lake Oroville as water levels remained low due to continuing drought conditions in Oroville, on Aug. 22, 2021. California water agencies that serve 27 million residents and 750,000 acres of farmland won't get any of the water supplies they're requesting from the state heading into 2022, state water officials announced Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

The Caldor Fire burns as a chairlift sits motionless at the Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Eldorado National Forest. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)


September

Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels stands in front of the American flag as it is unveiled from the left-field bleachers as part of a ceremony remembering the victims of 9/11 before playing the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on September 11, 2021, in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

In this Sept. 19, 2021, file photo, flames lick up a tree as the Windy Fire burns in the Trail of 100 Giants grove in Sequoia National Forest. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Anti-vaccine demonstrators stage a protest outside of the San Diego Unified School District office in opposition to a forced vaccination mandate for students on September 28, 2021, in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Linjia Jablon, left, and Atasiea, a co-founder of Ecstatic Dance LA, cast long shadows on the sand as they dance during a weekly event on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. Once a week on Southern California's most famous beach, just before the sun dips into the Pacific Ocean, dozens of people gathered and silently danced like no one was watching. When the coronavirus shut down indoor gatherings, the community moved their dancing to the beach. Though the community surrendered privacy and amplified live music, community co-founder Robin Parrish said the move was a success and the sunset was a fair tradeoff. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


October

Birds are seen as workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach after an oil spill in Newport Beach, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

In front of crowds, Paula Badosa of Spain reacts after defeating Belarus's Victoria Azarenka in the Women's Singles Final match on Day 14 of the BNP Paribas Open on October 17, 2021, in Indian Wells. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
Critics and supporters of Dave Chappelle's Netflix special and its anti-transgender comments gathered outside the media company's building on Vine Street in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)


November

California Gov. Gavin Newsom listens to a speaker during a news conference as he is backdropped by shipping containers stacked up in the yards at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)


December

Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after the Phoenix Suns missed a basket in the first half at Chase Center on December 03, 2021, in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Revelers wave from a Christmas-themed boat parading past a container ship and shipping containers stacked at the Port of Los Angeles during the ‘Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade’ on December 4, 2021, in San Pedro. The 59th annual boat parade marking the start of the holiday season featured boats of various sizes competing for awards amid a backlog of aging cargo. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
IRONMAN 70.3 participants complete the bike course on December 05, 2021, in Indian Wells. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images for IRONMAN)
People walk through a partially flooded homeless encampment at Riverwalk Park in Santa Cruz Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, as the season's first major winter storm dropped record amounts of rainfall. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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