Zack Ruskin
Zack Ruskin is a freelance reporter living in San Francisco. His regular beats include weed, music, literature, comedy, and drag. He’s written the cannabis column “Chem Tales” for SF Weekly since 2016 and reviews new music releases for Variety. His byline has also appeared in Vanity Fair, Merry Jane, the San Francisco Chronicle, Alta, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Cannabis Now, and Marin Magazine.
Creep Shows
Are you brave enough to join Just Fix It Productions’ high-concept fright fests?
The Pause That Refreshes
W. Kamau Bell doesn’t expect you to laugh every 15 seconds.
Good Weed Hunting
Farmers and volunteers search for the future of cannabis in Humboldt County.
The Cult Artist
Inside a San Francisco haunted house where guests are initiated to fear.
Drawing Noir
‘The Man in the McIntosh Suit’ adds new shading to old mysteries.
Fire and Ice
“Fire of Love” and “Buried” document nature—and humanity—in the extreme.
Come Dive with Me
No scuba gear required: A Berkeley submarine collective wants to bring San Francisco Bay sea life up close and personal for the general public.
Rough Sketch of a Serial Killer
Sought for the killings of at least five gay men more than 40 years ago, the Doodler is still at large.
Your Christmas Tree Wants to Live
In search of some eco-friendly holiday spirit? Try fostering a fruitless olive tree, magnolia, or fern pine.
Trespassing for Treasures
Where others see blight and danger, Jonathan Haeber is the preservationist, adventurer and outlaw who sees exquisite decay.