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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 offensive linemen, left to right, Brendan Ikeda, Joseph Casacca, Zach Adams, Shereef Wahba and Forrest Pottmeyer have helped pave the way for running back Patrick Laird to surpass 3,000 yards rushing this season.

Offensive line paves Mission Prep's way into football division title game

They prod, cajole and annoy each other — bickering, arguing, joking.

Business

The FItting Image in SLO moves to new location

The Fitting Image, an alternations business in San Luis Obispo for 22 years, has moved from the Laurel Lane Shopping Center to 3000 Broad Street, next to Staples. 2 hours ago

Opinion

Tim Teller plays Paso Robles&#x92; Links golf course, which is adjacent to wine-grape vineyards, creating a scene of green irrigated grass and vines surrounded by brown hillsides.

Two groups join forces on water use

We raise our glasses and toss a generous bouquet of grape clusters to PRAAGS and ProWater Equity , the two groups that have been working on a solution to the Paso Robles groundwater basin crisis.

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.

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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2013 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service, U.S. citizen Merrill Newman, 85, reads a document, which North Korean authorities say was an apology that Newman wrote and read in North Korea. North Korea said Saturday Dec. 7, 2013, that it has deported the elderly U.S. tourist and war veteran detained for more than a month for alleged hostile acts against the country.

North Korea deports US tourist and Korean War vet

North Korea on Saturday deported an elderly U.S. tourist, apparently ending the saga of Merrill Newman's return to the North six decades after he advised South Korean guerrillas still loathed by Pyongyang. 7 minutes ago

Nation/World

This undated handout photo provided by the The Peterson Institute for International Economics shows Theodore H. Moran. Moran, a longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence has resigned after the government learned he has worked since 2010 on an international advisory council for Huawei Technologies Ltd., the Chinese technology company the U.S. has condemned as an espionage threat, The Associated Press has learned.

Chinese firm paid US gov't intelligence adviser

A longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence has resigned after the government learned he has worked since 2010 as a paid consultant for Huawei Technologies Ltd., the Chinese technology company the U.S. has condemned as an espionage... 7 minutes ago

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