{"id":494932,"date":"2026-10-13T19:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494932\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:06:18","slug":"oc-sheriffs-deputies-take-pumpkin-assignment-seriously-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494932\/","title":{"rendered":"OC Sheriff\u2019s deputies take pumpkin assignment seriously \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Armando<\/p>\n

Armando Montalvo of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department, right, helps decorate a pumpkin with Tiger Lily Andreani, 5, of Lake Forest on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The event was held at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Asher<\/p>\n

Asher McKinion rings the bell while riding a train on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, during an event where children decorated pumpkins alongside local deputies at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Jordan<\/p>\n

Jordan Tapia of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department talks with Charlie Lopez, 5, and her sister Rosey Lopez,13, while they decorate pumpkins at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The event gave community members a chance to decorate pumpkins alongside local deputies. (Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)J\n<\/p>\n

\"Tanya<\/p>\n

Tanya Jordan, left, Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department Captain Bill Burk, and Jacob Jordan, 8, decorate pumpkins on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills. (Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\"Nova<\/p>\n

Nova Pena, 2, of Mission Viejo stands by her pumpkin she decorated on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, during an event where children decorated pumpkins alongside local deputies at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Orange<\/p>\n

Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies took orders from a colleague to toss pumpkins in the air for her photograph on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The event gave community members the opportunity to decorate pumpkins with local deputies. The event was held at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Frank<\/p>\n

Frank Gatica, 3, left, talks with Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department Captain Bill Burk on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, during an event where children decorated pumpkins alongside local deputies at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

\"Rumi<\/p>\n

Rumi Scott, 4, left, takes a photo of her mother, Nubia Scott, on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. during an event where children decorated pumpkins alongside local deputies at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Armando Montalvo of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department, right, helps decorate a pumpkin with Tiger Lily Andreani, 5, of Lake Forest on Wednesday, October 7, 2026. The event was held at Pumpkin City\u2019s Pumpkin Farm in Laguna Hills.
\n(Photo by Karen Tapia, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department deputies put their creativity to work during a recent special assignment.<\/p>\n

Several deputies spent an afternoon helping children decorate pumpkins. They hung out and chatted as they worked at tables set up at Pumpkin City\u2019s Laguna Hills Pumpkin Farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armando Montalvo of the Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Department, right, helps decorate a pumpkin with Tiger Lily Andreani, 5,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,585,23],"class_list":["post-494932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-halloween","tag-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}