With Valentine's Day just around the corner, love is in the air in the Northern San Joaquin Valley and brides are getting the finishing touches put on their dresses before the big day Sunday.
Lauren Dement, 22, of Tracy is one of those and was having a fitting for her bridal dress at Bianca's Bridal in Modesto on Monday.
As for her choice of a wedding date, Dement said, "I thought it would be romantic to get married on Valentine's Day."

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