Week in Review: Crusading Hairstylists, Teachers Return, More

Pottermania engulfed the country this week, and . The city council made important decisions affecting and a controversial proposed . And Team USA made it to the women's World Cup final—with Elk Grove daughter on board. Here are a few of the week's top stories.

. We explored one alternative to Borders: a secondhand shop that boasts an impressive collection of popular paperback fiction.

. The city said it will pay to advertise a new facility Mazda is building at the Elk Grove Auto Mall.

. Devoting 10 percent of floor space to groceries and other non-taxable goods does not make a retail superstore a grocery store, city council members decided.

. The city council gave the nod to , and decided not to put the map before voters for their OK.

. The Elk Grove Unified School District obeyed the state and hired back its laid-off teachers...then scrambled to figure out where to put them before year-round schools open Monday.

Columnist Jane Gassner asked: can't we all just get along?

. We interviewed an Elk Grove stylist working on a project to help women in Third World countries support themselves by teaching them to cut hair.