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Grass Valley Students Focus on School Board Election; Dancers Preserving Aztec Heritage; Childhood Prank Heals Grandmother's Grief

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The school board trustee election has fired up Grass Valley students hoping to defeat candidates supported by Protecting American Ideals, including Stephanie Leishman, the granddaughter of the late ultra conservative U.S. Senator from Utah, Orrin Hatch. (Julia McEvoy/KQED)

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