afghooey, romulan, morning star, blue domina, cali-o, super silver haze, blue dot, a purple strain that had a million different variations of name but was mostly just called purple bud, shiskaberry, and somango are some of the strains i remember in Oakland early 2000's. without mentioning the regulars like white widow, blackberry kush, durban, etc. I can remember the morning star being knock out buds and touting some of the highest thc at the time; ~ 25%.
The first place I ever went to had the best stuff hands down. It was all very well trimmed, and just beautiful buds of every strain. It came in sealed jars, and they didn't weigh it. some 1/8ths would weigh 5 grams. They would just fill the jars with bud and call it done. no fucking joke. A buddy and I would go there and buy a few ounces in 8th jars, but it was almost twice as much in weight every time. lol. They eventually became privy to it all.