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Celebrate the end of the year—and the world?—in style!

Tears of a clown

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Shredder

Locals take sides in the well-funded bag wars [9]The local Narcotics Task Force loses funding [10] A Shakespeare show wows our tough critic [24]

FILMThe gods are crazy [34]

Take a fresh look at the ongoing legal tangles involving SLO County medical marijuana collectives [16]BY MATT FOUNTAIN • ART BY JEFF CHANG

Nothing comic about it