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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

Cal Poly men's basketball versus Santa Clara University at Mott Gym, Saturday, December 7, 2013. Cal Poly's Maliik Love (3) goes for a rebound duinrg 1st half play over Denzel Johns (20) and Jerry Brown (0). Photo by Laura Dickinson 12-07-13

Men's basketball: Cal Poly vs. Santa Clara

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, ... 1 hour 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. 1 hour 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

Flowers and messages are left at a memorial rally and car cruise in Valencia, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013 to remember actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas, who died in a fiery car crash last Saturday.

Paul Walker memorial in California draws thousands

The sounds of high-performance car engines filled the air Sunday as thousands of fans, friends and car enthusiasts headed to the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Clarita to pay tribute to Paul Walker at the site where the "Fast & Furious" actor died in... 21 minutes ago

Nation/World

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, shakes hands with U.S. Marine Lance CPL. Arron Corona as he works on a MRAP vehicle, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. Hagel spoke with troops and thanked them for being deployed for the holidays.

Hagel to meet with Pakistan's prime minister

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Pakistan Monday for meetings with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the nation's new army chief, hoping to further repair a strained and sputtering relationship between Washington and Islamabad. 11 minutes ago

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