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Wood's Humane Society Holiday Open House was held Saturday. The free event included pet portraits with Santa, a $20 microchip clinic, $58 holiday homecoming adopt-a-thon and kids holiday workshop.

Woods Humane Society Holiday Open House

The Woods Humane Society Holiday Open House took place Saturday, Dec. 7.

Sports

Prep Roundup: Morro Bay goes to 3-0 in girls basketball with tourney win

Sierra Schwellenbach scored 16 points to guide Morro Bay High’s girls basketball team over Independence 44-13 at the Ruth Doser Invitational in Atascadero on Friday.

Business

In this photo dated Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, Fabien Teitgen, head of the wine making holds a bottle of red wine of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte in the wine cellars of Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte in Martillac, near Bordeaux,bsouthwestern France. Counterfeiting has dogged wine as long as it has been produced, but it is getting more sophisticated and more ambitious, particularly as bottle prices rise due to huge demand in new markets, mainly in Asia.

As wine fakers get sharper, industry fights back

An FBI agent recently showed Arnaud de Laforcade a file with several labels supposedly from 1947 bottles of Chateau Cheval Blanc, one of France's finest wines. To the Saint-Emilion vineyard's CFO, they were clearly fakes — too new looking, ... 44 minutes ago

Opinion

Dan Walters: With budget surpluses looming, will Capitol politicians create reserve?

Californa may once again be seeing big surpluses in state budget, kindling a showdown between spending advocates and those who beliecve state needs reserve to offset volatility. 2 hours ago

Entertainment

The North County Chorus.

North County Chorus honors veterans in song

The group's Sunday concert, Lifting Our Voices in Tribute to Veterans, is a preview of next summer’s Freedom Tour, which will include stops in Boston, Philadelphia, Arlington, Va., and Washington, D.C.

Living

December and January are the months to prune deciduous fruit trees. Think about air circulation as you snip branches.

Enjoying the crisp days in December gardens

Romantic snow scenes dominate our television screens now, and while the Central Coast may not bring up visions of walking through the woods on a snowy night, we do have a nip of frost in the air. The aroma of fallen leaves and sea salt invokes our...

State

Neel Kashkari seeks to build image as Republican ‘fighting for the poor’

Can Neel Kashkari, who worked at Goldman and bailed out big banks, become a Republican gubernatorial candidate ‘fighting for the poor’? 14 minutes ago

Nation/World

India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate the party’s victory in the Delhi state Assembly elections in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. BJP, the main Hindu nationalist party, appeared to make strong political gains in four heartland states Sunday, as preliminary results showed the ruling Congress party sidelined in a race seen as a test before next year's general election.

Indian heartland votes give BJP boon over Congress

India's main Hindu nationalist party trounced the nationally ruling Congress in four heartland states and knocked them out of the Indian capital in a ballot contest closely watched for clues to next year's general election. 17 minutes ago

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