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As the news of the killings spread last week, Kashmiris poured onto the streets, holding candlelight vigils and protest marches.

The flowers seemed to reanimate in the candlelight, blooming and dying with each flicker.

The next month at a local osteria, I sat sipping scarlet Brunello by candlelight; Mark looked at his menu, not me.

The night I went in 2023, the theme was “Courage,” which one attendee had spelled out in candlelight on the sand.

One week after an Altadena couple — married for more than 30 years and beloved in their neighborhood — was found slain in their home, friends and family held a candlelight vigil in their honor Friday.