INSIDE
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Vol. 45, Issue 8 • February 3—March 9, 2022 OPINION
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Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Editor’s Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 This Modern World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEWSLINES
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Downstroke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Omicron hits local health care facilities. . . . . . . . . . 8
FEATURE
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Entrepreneurs 2022: Reinvention
ARTS & CULTURE
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Events Feb. 3-Mar. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 24 Reel World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Arts DEVO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Brezsny’s Astrology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ON THE COVER: OWNERS OF CHICO’S GNARLY DELI (FROM LEFT) NICK STILES, JASON ALLEN, DON ASHBY AND EVE HAMILTON PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY
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