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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.

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Senators: Put cameras on train tracks, engineers

A week after four people died in a New York commuter train derailment, two federal lawmakers proposed Sunday that trains nationwide be outfitted with cameras pointed at engineers and at the tracks. 9 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.

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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...

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Merrill Newman, center, walks beside his wife Lee after arriving at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. Newman was detained in North Korea late October at the end of a 10-day trip to North Korea, a visit that came six decades after he oversaw a group of South Korean wartime guerrillas during the 1950-53 war. He was released from North Korea early Saturday.

US vet held in N. Korea says he was comfortable

A day after arriving home to California, the 85-year-old U.S. veteran detained for weeks by North Korea said Sunday that he was well-fed and kept comfortable in a hotel room, not a jail cell. 22 minutes ago

Nation/World

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2012 file photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Jang Song Thaek, North Korea's vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission, attends the third meeting on developing the economic zones in North Korea, in Beijing. North Korea on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, acknowledged the purge of leader Kim Jong Un's influential uncle for alleged corruption, drug use, gambling and a long list of other "anti-state" acts, apparently ending the career of the country's second most powerful official. The young North Korean leader will now rule without the relative long considered his mentor as he consolidated power after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, two years ago. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Xin, File) NO SALES

North Korea purges Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle

North Korea on Monday acknowledged the purge of leader Kim Jong Un's influential uncle for alleged corruption, drug use, gambling and a long list of other "anti-state" acts, apparently ending the career of the country's second most powerful official... 9 minutes ago

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