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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, ...

Opinion

Twelve days and many ways to share Christmas

Stumped for original gift ideas? Here’s a suggestion: Look to “The Twelve Days of Christmas” for inspiration. 3 hours ago

Entertainment

Jayde Forzetting as Grace Jackson and other cast members during a “Pool ’63” rehearsal.

Cuesta production dives into the deep end of racial issues

Set in the summer of 1963 in Birmingham, Ala., “Pool ’63” examines how the lives of two 9-year-old girls — one black, one white — are shaped by the civil rights movement.

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... 7 minutes ago

Nation/World

Ex-San Diego mayor sentenced for harassment

Bob Filner was sentenced Monday to three months of home confinement and three years of probation for harassing women while he was mayor of San Diego, completing the fall of the former 10-term congressman who barely a year ago achieved his long dream... 13 minutes ago

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