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Vol. 44, Issue 14 • August 5, 2021 OPINION
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Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEWSLINES
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Downstroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Will PG&E rebuild Miocene Canal?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chico City Council’s new conservatives . . . . . . . . . . 12 Why the monarchs are disappearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
FEATURE
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Bring back the Arts!
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ARTS & CULTURE
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August Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Reel World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Arts DEVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Brezsny’s Astrology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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