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The San Ramon Valley Unified School District will host two forums for residents to learn the ins and outs of the new Common Core State Standards curriculum this week.

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Cierra is a Livermore native who started her journalism career as an intern and later staff reporter for the Pleasanton Weekly after graduating from CSU Monterey Bay with a bachelor's degree in journalism...