INSIDE
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Vol. 44, Issue 5 • November 12, 2020
OPINION
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Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEWSLINES
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Downstroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Election wrap-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Trump mania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CAMP FIRE ANNNIVERSARY
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Vison for Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 California will burn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTS & CULTURE
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November Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Chow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Arts DEVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Brezsny’s Astrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ON THE COVER: PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY
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