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5 Things to Know in Elk Grove This Week:

Get ready to send the little ones back to school: Elk Grove Unified students either started Monday (Track A year-round) or go back on Thursday (for traditional and modified traditional tracks). 

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Got questions about your healthcare? Assembly Member Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) and others will host a healthcare town hall at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Health Professions High School, 451 McClatchy Way in Sacramento.

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Remember the 85-foot-tall "fake tree" cellphone tower the Elk Grove Planning Commission considered a couple weeks ago? It's back on the commission's agenda this week, as the group will consider requiring AT&T to protect the 65-foot-tall or higher trees on the Sheldon Road property to hide the antenna from view. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at 8400 Laguna Palms Way.

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Elk Grove has a new arts and crafts store, but local residents are talking about more than what it keeps on the shelves. Hobby Lobby is fighting a national mandate to include birth control in its employees' medical insurance. Read more and join the conversation here.

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