Alison Bechdel’s latest book is “Spent,” a comic novel examining money, privilege and late-stage capitalism. Photo: Courtesy Alison Bechdel In one of many funny scenes in Alison Bechdel’s new comic ...

Oakland saxophonist Howard Wiley is ready to celebrate California’s soul-powered musical legacy with the “Love, Kale, Pride & Revolution – California Love Series Part II” concert at the SFJazz Center ...

Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene Hackman, but I was at a press conference where he was getting interviewed, and I was close to him and saw how he spoke to people and carried himself.