'); } -->
The pies are back at Bloomingcamp Ranch Bake Shop in Oakdale.
The bakery, which closed two years ago, reopened in October with Diana Pleitez as head baker. She is running her company, Pleitez Gourmet at Bloomingcamp, out of the store. She is working with Dawne Hamman, who makes cakes and custom orders through her company, My Sweet Spot, for the shop.Pleitez is baking up many of the shop's old favorites, from Dutch apple to cream cheese berry. She also is making apple dumplings, turnovers, cookies, chocolates and assorted other treats. She has added other pies and sweets, many infused with her company's gourmet lavender.Blue Diamond Growers revealed a few details Wednesday about the almond processing plant it plans to build in Turlock, though the number of jobs is still unknown. The plant is scheduled to open at about 200,000 square feet in May 2013.
Deposits in three San Joaquin County branches of Community Banks of Northern California were assumed over the weekend by Bank Midwest, based in Kansas City.