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IT’S ALL GOUDA!
There is nothing cheesy about this holiday present. One of the best and most well-known homemade items in demand this holiday season is, you guessed it, cheese!
Give gifts they’ll go nuts over
SALIDA – This will be Carol Anderson's 25th year at the Blue Diamond Almonds company store in Salida.
Functional 209 art you can use to eat with
Randy Pearsall is offering hand-made pottery creation demonstrations for the sixth year on Dec. 15, 16, 22, and 23 at his Stoneware studio on Louise Avenue, a half mile west of Jack Tone Road.
Why wine? Gift giving is easy at 209 wineries
Imagine receiving a personalized gift basket that included your favorite bottle of wine.
Vegan bath products hot sellers for stocking stuffers
Vintage Market in downtown Turlock offers a variety of unique jewelry items, antiques, and home decor, but one of the hottest stocking stuffers this year - for women and men - are the store's homemade bath items.
Give the gift of art
Still looking for that perfect gift for the hard-to-buy-for person on your list? Pencil in a visit to the Turlock Community Art Gallery.
WILD TIME IN MANTECA
The blockbuster movie, "Where the Wild Things Are," tells about a mythical place.
HOLIDAY FUN IN THE 209
There's plenty to do this holiday season in Manteca, Ripon, and Lathrop.
FEAST OF ST. NICHOLAS
RIPON – It's an ornate culture full of festive attire and traditions dating back to the 13th century.
Portuguese traditions center around nativity
Many Portuguese Americans celebrate Christmas with an emphasis on the nativity, and as a time to rejoice in the birth of Jesus Christ.
Las Posadas: Nine days of celebrating Christmas
Maria Ochoa grew up in Michoacán.
Sweet treats, family gatherings for Christian Assyrians
Christmas is just one day a year, but for Assyrian American Civic Club President Raymond George, he wishes the festivities to be enjoyed for much longer.
Keeping Swedish culture alive with St. Lucia Day, Tomte
"God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar!" or in other words, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Carol Swenson’s holiday treat
When Carol Swenson gets together with her close friends at Christmas, she will have a special treat for them. Not exactly out of this world, but pretty close to it.
DEATH VALLEY VACATION
DEATH VALLEY - Hell's Gate. Dante's View. The Funeral Mountains. Coffin Peak. Badwater.
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Jackson: A city of historical wealth in the heart of the Mother Lode
It's a city with a small-town charm. And that's just scratching the surface when it comes to the mining of all the visual and historical – among many other things – attractions that draw visitors in droves to the city of Jackson nestled in the heart of the Mother Lode. The proof is in the numbers. While this quaint and quiet city in Amador County is home to just 4,300 residents, the number swells up to more than 15,000 on the weekends when the tourist traffic is at its busiest.
‘Gem of the Southern Mines’
Columbia State Park just outside of Sonora is a gem of a tourist attraction with its stage plays in the Fallon House Theatre in addition to its Main Street "City Hotel" and restaurant, gold panning and an occasional stage coach ride.
CRUISING DOWN MEMORY LANE
The cruising excitement of past years continues to be an integral part of Manteca's history as three longtime members of the community recalled where they were in the 1940s to the 1960s and what they were doing.
American Graffiti Festival brings past to life
MODESTO - The spirit of vintage cars and cruising is eternally captured in Modesto: the hometown of George Lucas and location where famous film American Graffitti was shot just over 40 years ago. While Lucas' famed film may not be in theaters anymore, locals keep the spirit of American Graffiti alive through the annual summertime American Graffiti Festival presented by the North Modesto Kiwanis Club.
MAIN ST. WITH MAIN SQUEEZE
If you squint your eyes you can see a little bit of Al Nunes in Paul Le Mat's character from American Graffiti.
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