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Elk Grovians pride themselves on their town's sense of community. Today, residents have a chance to weigh in on the future shape of that community at tonight's city council meeting, and open their pocketbooks to help a fellow community member in a time of need. And in international news: a harsh warning about those who seek to destroy communities with hate...and this time, we're not talking about Al Qaeda.

In the Patch:

City council to take up Walmart, Gold's Gym zoning issues. With both backers and opponents marshalling the troops for a hearing on , tonight's meeting should be a doozy. The council will also look at that could allow the Gold's Gym building to be turned into a church, and hear a presentation on diversity in Elk Grove.

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Donations being collected for family of man whose heart stopped while at gym. Jesse Morton, 45, left behind a wife and two children when after a swim session at California Family Fitness. You can visit this website to lend them a hand.

Outside the Patch:

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What 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' can teach us about politics. Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson spent years warning about the threat of right-wing extremist attacks like the one that shook Norway this past weekend. But nobody listened...at least, not according to this Mother Jones article.


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