Their grandfathers all came to the Shipyard around 1943, pushed out by Jim Crow in the South and pulled in by the promise of ...

The Acid Queen’ and ‘The Last Great Dream’ chart the characters and consequences of the counterculture — and its continuing ...

This summer will be a special one for all Deadheads. All roads lead to San Francisco as the city marks the 60th anniversary ...

Before the internet took over the world, psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead were among the first – and most influential – forces at the dawn of online communication.

According to Robby Krieger, this is the best Doors song to listen to while tripping on acid, perfectly reflecting Jim ...

His slim victory, in a runoff over a conservative Republican named John Barbagelata, might be one of the only parallels in any city, including New York, to what is happening now: a bitterly polarized ...

Amid the tumultuous 1960s, which were marked by protests against US involvement in the Vietnam War and the dawn of the hippie movement, young people flocked to San Francisco.

Colorful hippie vans, like the one seen above, became almost synonymous with San Francisco during this era. These colorful vans represented the free-spirited and nomadic lifestyle of the hippie ...

Herb Greene, whose evocative portraits of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and others helped define the rock scene that emerged in San Francisco in the mid-1960s, died on March ...