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Sorry, this competition has closed. To celebrate the launch of Season 2 of Villa Maria’s Wine Down with Villa Maria podcast, The List are teaming up with this popular New Zealand wine brand to offer readers a chance of winning a case of one of its best-selling whites, the Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc. Made in an elegant, approachable style, this Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc captures the essence of New Zealand’s most famous wine region. With piercing aromas of ripe gooseberries and intense lime and passion fruit flavours, this wine can be enjoyed on any occasion, whether you’re winding ...

Sale tax revenues have dropped but not like in neighboring cities The Ceres business community has struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic and state lockdowns but the city doesn't see a major revenue hit like what is occurring in neighboring Modesto and Turlock. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. While the sales tax revenue giants of Stanislaus County – Modesto and Turlock – are expecting significant reductions in sales tax revenue stemming from COVID stay-at-home orders since March 2020, Ceres city officials only expect mild decreases. That...

When mother and daughter Carolyn DeWoody and Amber Green found themselves with one acre of land tucked into a corner of the vineyards of Los Pinos Ranch near Pittsburg, it was easy to envision a perfect getaway destination. “We wanted to create a place where people could go spend time together and unplug from the hustle and bustle of life,” Green says. They brought in three luxury tiny homes, each with their own view of the vineyards, and placed them well enough apart for guests to enjoy individually, but close enough for groups to visit easily between two or three of the homes toge...

The Walker City Council followed through with its plan to lower the tax levy to the lowest its been since 2018. Back on Sept. 14 the council set the preliminary levy, payable in 2021, at -3.26 percent. On Dec.  7 they approved the final budget at $1,037,729, or $34,967 less than the 2020 final budget. The other big item discussed at the meeting, which lasted only 15 minutes, was the sale of the Walker Library building and the property it sits on at 207 Fourth Street. Sealed bids with a minimum bid of $25,000 plus all legal fees and pending assessments are due by Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. Besides a...