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• What you should know about using collagen supplements

  05-02-2026 19:30 via ocregister.com
  
  Collagen supplements have surged in popularity, marketed as an easy solution for smoother, firmer and more youthful-looking skin.
  It has evolved from a niche sports nutrition product into a mainstream wellness staple for beauty, joint health and healthy aging. Despite their popularity, scientific evidence shows that overall nutrition from whole foods plays a more significant role in skin health than collagen supplements alone.
  Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and plays a c
  
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• CIF-SS girls basketball playoffs: Thursday’s scores, Saturday’s schedule

  13-02-2026 09:24 via ocregister.com
  
  The scores from Thursday’s games in the CIF Southern Section girls basketball playoffs and the schedule for Saturday’s second round.
  CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
  OPEN DIVISION
  Pool play, Round 1, Thursday
  Etiwanda 79, Fairmont Prep 49
  Sage Hill 74, Redondo Union 47
  DIVISION 1
  First round, Thursday
  Troy 69, Los Osos 57
  Marlborough 55, Beckman 46
  Orange Lutheran 56, West Torrance 35
  Villa Park 71, Palos Verdes 50
  Santa Margarita 65, Esperanza 54
  La Salle 62, Buena Park 39
  DIVISION
  
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• Villa Park girls basketball overpowers Palos Verdes from the start

  13-02-2026 08:11 via ocregister.com
  
  VILLA PARK — The Villa Park girls basketball team opened the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs with an emphatic, blowout victory over Palos Verdes, 71-50, on Thursday night at Villa Park High.
  All five starters finished in double figures for the Spartans.
  They were led by Bailey Roczey, Sabina Patel and Lauren Wolfe, who each scored 14 points. Madelyn Martinez added 13 points and Olivia Sturdivant finished with 10 points.
  Spartans coach Brad Willis said his team was clicking on all cylinders
  
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• Girls basketball playoffs: Sage Hill, Orange Lutheran, Troy win first-round games

  13-02-2026 08:05 via ocregister.com
  
  Amalia Holguin scored 30 points to help Sage Hill’s girls basketball team extend its winning streak to 20 consecutive games with a 74-47 victory against visiting Redondo in the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs Thursday.
  Kamdyn Klamberg added17 points for fourth-seeded Sage Hill (25-4), which rolled in first game in Pool D.
  Redondo continues pool play Saturday at fifth-seeded Mater Dei at 6 p.m. before the Monarchs play at Sage Hill on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.
  In another Open Division game
  
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• Beckman girls soccer shows Brea Olinda why it’s the top seed in Division 2

  13-02-2026 07:53 via ocregister.com
  
  IRVINE – After a 16-year wait to return to the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs – a step up in class from its Division 3 home for nearly the entirety of the school’s girls’ soccer history – Beckman arrived Thursday with a dominant performance befitting a top-seeded team.
  The No. 1-seeded Patriots dominated throughout, didn’t allow a goal until it pulled its starting goalkeeper with 10 minutes remaining, and served notice that their arrival to these pla
  
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• Portola girls basketball upsets Paramount in first round of CIF-SS playoffs

  13-02-2026 07:51 via ocregister.com
  
  PARAMOUNT — Paramount junior guard Aiyanna Hooker scored a team-high 17 points but the Gateway League co-champions could not withstand Portola’s barrage from beyond the arc in a 64-41 home loss in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 girls basketball playoffs Thursday night.
  “I really was just trying my hardest because I know if I lead my team, then they’ll probably pick up on my energy,” Hooker said. “So I was trying to give it my all.&rdquo
  
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• Portola girls basketball knocks off Paramount in first round of CIF-SS playoffs

  13-02-2026 07:51 via ocregister.com
  
  Portola senior Amelia Booth reacts after scoring in the fourth quarter in a 64-41 win over Paramount in Division 2 playoff action at Paramount High School on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  Portola senior Kara Niho driives on the Paramount defense in the opening round of Division 2 playoff action at Paramount High School in Paramount on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
  Portola junior guard Kelcie Fan thr
  
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• Madi Lam leads Santa Margarita girls basketball past Esperanza in playoffs

  13-02-2026 07:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowSanta Margarita guard Taylor Black gets around an Esperanza defender to score a basket in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 girls basketball playoffs in Anaheim on Thursday, February 12, 2026. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)
  Esperanza guard Avery Kame, center, tries to hang onto the ball as she attempts to move between Santa Margarita forward Janaya Williams, left, andMadi Lam,
  
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• Surging Cal State Fullerton men outlast Long Beach State

  13-02-2026 07:19 via ocregister.com
  
  LONG BEACH — A tough start for Joshua Ward and the Cal State Fullerton basketball team ended with a fantastic finish.
  Ward made two free throws with 16.8 seconds left to break a tie against Long Beach State, and two more with 3.6 seconds remaining to seal an 86-82 victory in a Big West Conference game on Thursday night at the Pyramid.
  “You couldn’t ask for a better situation and a better guy,” Fullerton coach Dedrique Taylor said of Ward. “He wants those situations,
  
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• LeBron James becomes oldest to record a triple-double as Lakers top Mavericks

  13-02-2026 06:59 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — JJ Redick called the 55-game stretch through Thursday night the hardest of his 17-year career, transcending playing and coaching alike. The Lakers’ coach was referring to the emotional and mental energy expended day after day as its own challenge – minimal practice time and little rest during the midseason march toward eventual win-or-go-home games in the spring.
  Two nights after Redick had to sit all five of his preferred starters in a loss to the San Antonio Spu
  
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• El Dorado girls soccer tops Los Alamitos with late goal from Jialynn Davenport

  13-02-2026 06:29 via ocregister.com
  
  PLACENTIA — The game between Los Alamitos and El Dorado in the opening round of the CIF-SS Division 1 girls soccer playoffs appeared to be headed to overtime.
  But then in the 78th minute, El Dorado’s Jialynn Davenport scored to give the Golden Hawks a 1-0 victory.
  El Dorado (10-6-5) will play host to Westlake in a second-round contest Saturday at El Dorado High School. The Warriors defeated Fairmont Prep, 3-2, in the opening round.
  Davenport scored by beating a defender in a rac
  
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• USC women beat Indiana to extend win streak to 5 games

  13-02-2026 06:28 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — The USC women’s basketball team went down to the wire against Indiana to pull out a 79-73 win that extends the Trojans’ win streak to five games.
  Jazzy Davidson led the Trojans with 24 points to go with six rebounds and three steals. Kara Dunn added 16 points and six rebounds, and Kennedy Smith finished with 15 points. Laura Williams had a team-high nine rebounds and Malia Samuels recorded four steals.
  Every win is critical for USC (16-9 overall, 8-6 Big Ten), whi
  
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• Trabuco Hills girls basketball beats La Serna with big surge in fourth-quarter

  13-02-2026 06:14 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO — After three quarters, it seemed like La Serna’s girls basketball team had found its rhythm and was setting itself up for a thrilling finish against Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF-SS playoffs.
  Trabuco Hills quickly made sure a close finish wouldn’t take place.
  The Mustangs outscored La Serna 28-6 in the fourth quarter to beat the Lancers 70-46 in the Division 3 playoff game Thursday night at Trabuco Hills High.
  La Serna (20-9) trailed by 11 at halfti
  
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• Trabuco Hills girls basketball beats La Serna with big surge at the end

  13-02-2026 06:14 via ocregister.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO — After three quarters, it seemed like La Serna’s girls basketball team had found its rhythm and was setting itself up for a thrilling finish against Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF-SS playoffs.
  Trabuco Hills quickly made sure a close finish wouldn’t take place.
  The Mustangs outscored La Serna 28-6 in the fourth quarter to beat the Lancers 70-46 in the Division 3 playoff game Thursday night at Trabuco Hills High.
  La Serna (20-9) trailed by 11 at halfti
  
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• Emotional Casey Mears avoids crash, qualifies for Daytona 500

  13-02-2026 05:57 via ocregister.com
  
  Joey Logano and crew celebrate a win in Victory Lane during the first of two NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
  Cars move during the second of two NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races on Thursday night at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/David Graham)
  Chase Elliott celebrates after winning the second of the two NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races on Thursday night at
  
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• Lakers’ Luka Doncic ‘progressing good’ but All-Star status is unclear

  13-02-2026 04:16 via ocregister.com
  
  LOS ANGELES — Since Luka Doncic held his left hamstring, trotting off the floor into the locker room last week against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Lakers have been in a holding pattern heading regarding the Slovenian star heading into the All-Star break.
  Doncic’s status remains “day-to-day,” but snowballed into enough absences to where the league’s leading scorer won’t return to regular-season action until at least next Friday (Feb. 20) when the Lakers host th
  
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• Valentine’s Day: A look at dating apps and marriage rates

  13-02-2026 04:14 via ocregister.com
  
  Love and ‘app’iness
  A look at the world of dating apps and marriage rates in the U.S. in the modern digital world.
  There are more than 1,500 dating apps and websites operating worldwide with projected revenue of $9.2 billion this year. However, user retention is declining.
  How many people use dating apps?
  Approximately 360 million people used dating apps globally in 2024, an increase of about 15 million over the previous year. Tinder has about 90 million users on its platform, more t
  
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• Aliso Niguel selects Fred Gambrell as new football coach

  13-02-2026 03:34 via ocregister.com
  
  Aliso Niguel has selected former Sunny Hills coach Fred Gambrell as its football coach, Gambrell confirmed Thursday.
  Aliso Niguel’s football program announced the coaching news on its social media.
  Gambrell arrives after a two-year stint at Sunny Hills.
  Sunny Hills finished 6-4 this past season after posting a 2-8 record in 2024.
  Before taking the helm at Sunny Hills, Gambrell served as an assistant coach at San Clemente.
  Gambrell replaces coach Michael Calahan at Aliso Niguel. Calahan res
  
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• Consider the pop of purple that milk thistle can bring to your garden

  13-02-2026 03:24 via ocregister.com
  
  Here are 5 things to consider this week:
  Herbs. Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is one of the most attractive local weeds. Lush foliage is laced with wavy white patterns, complemented by purple flowers. Its seeds have long been used as a complementary treatment for liver conditions such as cirrhosis and hepatitis. The seeds have a nutty flavor and may be eaten raw, added to salads or smoothies, or brewed into a tea.
  Fruit. Soursop (Annona muricata) has been touted of late as a superfood for its
  
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• Tortoise’s relatively quick escape from Fullerton shed fire caught on camera

  13-02-2026 03:12 via ocregister.com
  
  The quick escape of a stereotypically slow reptile from a shed fire is getting attention on social media. Leo, a female tortoise, tapped into her speedy side to flee flames that engulfed her backyard habitat in Fullerton after a heat lamp tipped over and caught fire.
  A video of Leo’s escape shows the tortoise going into what her owners called “sport mode” to get away from her burning shed.
  Hyeri Tom and her family, Leo’s owners, were at a Super Bowl party on Sunday, Feb.
  
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• Fryer: Former Laguna Hills athletes now successful coaches at the school

  13-02-2026 02:53 via ocregister.com
  
  Many Orange County high school teams are homegrown teams that are made up solely of neighborhood kids.
  Laguna Hills is pretty close to having a homegrown coaching staff.
  Five Laguna Hills teams won league championships during this winter season. The coaches of those teams are Laguna Hills alums.
  One of the five is Kevin Macare, Laguna Hills Class of 1988. Macare coached the girls soccer team to the Golden West League championship. It is the school’s first girls soccer league championship s
  
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• Dodgers’ Dave Roberts thrilled to have Kiké Hernandez, Evan Phillips back

  13-02-2026 02:42 via ocregister.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — They really are putting the band back together.
  One day after re-signing relief pitcher Evan Phillips to a one-year, $6.5 million contract, the Dodgers brought back another three-time World Series champion, signing utility man Kiké Hernandez to a one-year, $4.5 million contract. At the same time, they made sure the longest-tenured player on the roster (in continuous service) will be around a little longer, agreeing to a contract extension with third baseman Max M
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Thursday, Feb. 12

  13-02-2026 02:36 via ocregister.com
  
  Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe nowScores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Feb. 12
  Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register.
  The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday.
  GIRLS SOCCER
  CIF-SS PLAYOFFS
  DIVISION 1
  Round 1
  Pacifica/GG 1, Torrance 0
  DIVISION 3
  Round 1
  Paloma 2, Northwood 1
  DIVISION 5
  Round 1
  Kennedy 2, San Gorgonio
  
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• John Shirreffs, trainer of Zenyatta, dies at 80

  13-02-2026 02:28 via ocregister.com
  
  John Shirreffs’ legendary victories with the champion mare Zenyatta were only the biggest part of the trainer’s success and only one reason for his popularity at California thoroughbred racetracks.
  So the news that Shirreffs died suddenly at age 80 hit the racing world especially hard. The Daily Racing Form reported that Shirreffs died in his sleep Thursday morning at his home near Santa Anita Park. He was said to have been feeling ill since returning from looking at 2-year-olds to b
  
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• Canada rolls over Czechia as the NHL returns to the Olympics in a big way

  13-02-2026 02:23 via ocregister.com
  
  Canada’s Bo Horvat, right, celebrates with Canada’s Drew Doughty after scoring his sides third goal during a preliminary round match of men’s ice hockey between Czech Republic and Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
  Czechia’s Radim Simek tries to block a shot by Canada’s Connor McDavid during a preliminary round match of men’s ice hockey between Czech Republic and Canada at the 2026 Winter O
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Friday, February 13, 2026

  13-02-2026 01:32 via ocregister.com
  
  The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, February 13, 2026.
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• Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences

  13-02-2026 01:20 via ocregister.com
  
  By DÁNICA COTO
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday signed a bill that amends a law to recognize a fetus as a human being, a move doctors and legal experts warn will have deep ramifications for the U.S. Caribbean territory.
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• Rivian offers investors hope it can withstand a bleak EV market

  13-02-2026 01:15 via ocregister.com
  
  By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg
  After a brutal year for the US electric-vehicle industry, Rivian Automotive handed investors a rare reason for optimism.
  The EV manufacturer based in Irvine reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and its first-ever annual gross profit, a key milestone after years of consistent losses. The signs of progress come as the company prepares to begin selling its R2 midsize SUV, a lower-priced EV that Rivian hopes will appeal to a broader swath of car buyers.
  Th
  
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• House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

  13-02-2026 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  By MATT BROWN
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a bipartisan move brokered by Black lawmakers.
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• CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs: Scores, schedule for Orange County teams

  13-02-2026 01:02 via ocregister.com
  
  The schedule for the Orange County teams in the CIF-SS girls water polo playoffs.
  CIF-SS GIRLS WATER POLO PLAYOFFS
  Games start at 5 p.m. unless noted.
  OPEN DIVISION
  Saturday, crossover games
  Corona del Mar vs. San Marcos at Santa Barbara HS, noon
  Orange Lutheran at Oaks Christian
  DIVISION 1
  Quarterfinals, Thursday
  Corona Santiago vs. San Clemente at Capistrano Valley HS
  Beckman at Harvard-Westlake
  Foothill vs. Laguna Beach at Capistrano Valley HS, 6:30 p.m.
  DIVISION 3
  Quarterfinals, Friday
  Glend
  
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