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A quick but comprehensive primer on cannabis strains: how they’ve evolved, how they’re named and the role of seed banks.

While most horror films tend to feature a sizable body count, the underlying theme guiding many of the genre’s best movies remains one of survival. The same can be said of “Screen Violence,&#…

As longtime San Franciscans, the three have stuck together through the long grind towards opening the first recreational dispensary in the Park Merced area.

As of June 3, at least five of San Francisco’s cannabis lounges are up and running.

If you’re looking to giggle at an outdoor show or chortle at an indoor club, your ticket to mirth awaits.

Celebrate Father’s Day with this roundup of colorful children’s books, including Meghan Markle’s ‘The Bench’ and ‘You Be Daddy’ by Karla Clark.

SB 519 is moving onto the California Assembly, where it stands a real shot of becoming law.

Matthew Clark Davison’s novel ‘Doubting Thomas’ centers on an elementary school teacher whose life is turned upside down by a false molestation accusation.

It wasn’t all that long ago that Michelle Zauner, the creative force behind shoegaze-pop act Japanese Breakfast, was singing about the idea of becoming “Jimmy Fallon big.” The track from 2017’s “So…

Michael Lewis’ “The Premonition” is an ode to the brave souls mired in an ineffectual pandemic response — unforgettable heroes facing a bureaucracy and its failings.

With ‘Dream State,’ the S.F. Chronicle movie critic delivers a feature-length analysis of cinema’s obsession with California.

The former NFL star’s new pot brand is a love letter to Oakland blunts and a chance to help the people who smoke them.

‘World Travel’ smartly blends practical info with Bourdain’s personal stories and his delectable odes to food.

Director Joshua Rofé details the bizarre and sometimes dangerous process of looking for monsters in the land of cannabis.

Reese Benton of Posh Green and Alphonso “Tucky” Blunt of Blunts + Moore celebrate a Black and beautiful 4/20.

Darznik pens a coming-of-age story of Dorothea Lange before she was a famous photographer, and a portrait of complicated post-World War I San Francisco.

Women who tell jokes on stage for a living are committed to their craft, as the illuminating and uplifting FX documentary on comedy shows us.

Alec MacGillis looks at the people and places negatively affected by Amazon’s growth.

The longtime acapella performer, music teacher and Oakland community figure discusses his new album, ‘Power of One.’

Sonia Faleiro indicts the all-too-common culture of indifference that allowed for the neglect of two girls in life and in death.