INSIDE
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Vol. 44, Issue 6 • December 10, 2020
OPINION
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Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEWSLINES
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Downstroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Business pandemic plight . . . . . . . 8 Chico State’s homeless help . . . 12
12 FEATURE
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A salute to COVID heroes . . . . . . . 16 Readers’ local hero picks . . . . . . 22
ARTS & CULTURE
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December Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Arts DEVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Brezsny’s Astrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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