The 209 was a busy place with festivals happening around the region as summer came to a close.

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Lodi Grape Festival

The Lodi community celebrated their most-popular harvest – grapes. The festival held over Sept. 13 to Sept. 15, featured carnival rides and games, concerts, art shows and some creative grape murals.

Escalon Park Fete

The annual Park Fete in Escalon was held July 27 with a parade, carnival, pageant and plenty of other family-fun.

Tunnel to Towers

The Tunnel to Towers 5K run and walk was held on Labor Day weekend as part of the Newman Fall Festival. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation was created in the memory of New York Firefighter Stephen Siller with the mission of assisting catastrophically injured veterans and first responders, fallen first responder families, and Gold Star families.