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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

Check the facts

In response to David Burton’s Viewpoint (Nov. 21):

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

FILE - In this Friday, June 21, 2013, file photo, legendary "WarCraft 3" player, Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen practices on a player vs. player match inside a special “isolation booth,” as eight of the world's best "StarCraft II" video game players train at the Red Bull Training Grounds, at Red Bull North America headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif. American and British intelligence operations have been spying on gamers across the world, media outlets reported Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, saying that the world's most powerful espionage agencies sent undercover agents into virtual universes to monitor activity in online fantasy games such as "World of Warcraft."

Report: NSA spying on virtual worlds, online games

American and British intelligence operations have been spying on gamers across the world, media outlets reported, saying that the world's most powerful espionage agencies sent undercover agents into virtual universes to monitor activity in online... 16 minutes ago

Nation/World

A girl arrives in the rain for the memorial service for former South African president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013.

Mourners in South Africa flock to Mandela memorial

Joyous, singing South Africans gathered Tuesday to honor Nelson Mandela at a massive memorial service that is expected to draw some 100 heads of state and other luminaries, united in tribute to a man who became a global symbol of reconciliation. 7 minutes ago

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