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People who have lost loved ones hold candles in their memories during the Light Up a Life ceremony at the San Luis Obispo Mission on Tuesday night. The 29th annual event was a collaboration between Hospice SLO and Wilshire Hospice. The ceremony was one of 10 Light Up a Life events to take place in San Luis Obispo County over the past year, according to the event&#x92;s website. For more information, visit <a href=http://www.hospiceslo.org/events/special-events/light-life-san-luis-obispo>www.hospiceslo.org/events/special-events/light-life-san-luis-obispo</a>.

Scenes of SLO County: December 2013

Snapshots of what's happening in San Luis Obispo County in December.

Sports

Mission Prep&#x2019;s Evan Talbert (85) is tackled by Salesian&#x2019;s Nicholas Perez during the visiting Royals&#x2019; 34-0 loss in the CIF-Southern Section Northeast Division title game Saturday night.

Salesian crushes Mission Prep in football division final, 34-0

Almost from the get-go, the vibe of Mission Prep’s CIF-Southern Section Northeast Division final against Salesian wasn’t good.

Business

In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, with pictures of backers Bill Gates, left, and Tony Blair, right, in the background, research associate Camilla Hall measures a protein isolate at Hampton Creek Foods in San Francisco. Can plants replace eggs? A San Francisco startup backed by Bill Gates believes they can. Hampton Creek Foods is scouring the planet for plants that can replace chicken eggs in everything from cookies to omelets to French toast. Funded by prominent Silicon Valley investors, the upstart seeks to disrupt a global egg industry that backers say wastes energy, pollutes the environment, causes disease outbreaks and confines chickens to tiny spaces.

Food-tech startups aim to replace eggs and chicken

The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco's tech-heavy South of Market neighborhood, but it isn't like most of its neighbors that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps. Its mission is to find plant replacements for ... 6 minutes ago

Opinion

Dan Walters: Brown’s overhaul of California school finances sparks infighting over details

Gov. Jerry Brown’s overhaul of school finance has sparked infighting, mostly among Democrats, over how the extra money for poor kids is to be distributed and monitored.

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

All that Axel wants for Christmas is a good home.

Make a big difference in Axel’s world — adopt him

Shelter volunteer Ellen Perryess shares this week’s San Luis Obispo Animal Services featured feline Axel’s story.

State

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1936 file photo, Olympic broad jump medalists salute during the medals ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. From left on podium are: bronze medalist Jajima of Japan, gold medalist Jesse Owens of the United States and silver medalist Lutz Long of Germany. One of the four Olympic gold medals won by track and field star Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games is for sale in an online auction that runs from through Dec. 7.

Owens' Olympic gold medal sells for record $1.4M

An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record $1.4 million in an online auction. 6 minutes ago

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UNAMA Human Rights Director Georgette Gagnon, speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. The United Nations complained Sunday that Afghan authorities have been slow in enforcing a law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence and rape.

UN: Afghanistan slow to enforce law on women

The United Nations complained Sunday that Afghan authorities have been slow in enforcing a law protecting women against forced marriages, domestic violence and rape. 6 minutes ago

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