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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, ... 3 hours ago

Opinion

Happy bells

Dec. 1, there were lots and lots of motorcycles lined up around Portuguese Hall in Arroyo Grande, obviously there for the annual toy run. Seeing them made me feel good. Then I went into the Village and there was Anita Shower ringing a Salvation Army... 20 minutes 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

Recipient of the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors opera singer Martina Arroyo, left, leaves a reception honoring the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors honorees, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013.

Billy Joel, 4 others receive Kennedy Center Honors

The "Piano Man" who became one of the world's best-selling artists of all time with such hits as "Just the Way You Are," "Uptown Girl" and "Allentown" was awarded the nation's highest honor Sunday for influencing American culture through the arts. 17 minutes ago

Nation/World

Oil stays near $98 as US economy shows improvement

The price of oil remained close to $98 a barrel Monday after figures showing stronger U.S. hiring suggested demand for crude could increase. 13 minutes ago

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