If we had any ounce of adventurousness in us on this rainy morning, we'd be on the road to Half Moon Bay for the 38th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, which we just read about on FunCheapSF. more ›

The Chronicle reports that well-known Bay Area actress, Summer Serafin, died on March 18 at San Francisco General Hospital after suffering a traumatic brain injury, which had put her in a coma for ten days. Serafin, who starred in countless local theatrical productions and appeared in several independent films, fell from her fire escape in the Inner Sunset on March 8. more ›

We're not short on choices for this weekend's Halloween festivities. Let's get to it! PARTIES Trannyshack Halloween: For everyone who misses the Castro Halloween street party, the 4th Annual Trannyshack Halloween, featuring best "ghoul-friends" Heklina and Peaches Christ, is the place to be on Sunday night at DNA Lounge. Lucha Va Voom: Also on Sunday night is the touring Halloween blowout & Cramps tribute at the Fillmore, featuring Lucha Libre, burlesque, comedy, and a costume contest. more ›

Last night 24-year-old Memorial Oak Grove tree-sitter Nate Hill fell on his tushie after plummeting 40 feet out of the tree. He suffered both a broken wrist and ankle, but is in fine, fighting, camera-ready condition. He was trying to get out of the tree, via a traverse line, to visit his poppa waiting down below. But it seems that he was not, in fact, on the line, and then took a nasty fall... more ›