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 ›

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Shoppers trying to enjoy the a/c at the Oakridge Mall in San Jose on Sunday afternoon got less cool air than they were hoping for when the straining mall transformer outside the movie theater blew up. Witnesses reported seeing the lights flicker, hearing a huge boom, and then seeing sparks. In light of the panic and lack of power for the mall, Oakridge threw up its hands and decided just to close for the rest of the day. more ›

SFist loves us some old-school hip-hop, yo. We've got an entire library of classic movies, records and books on the subject. Which is why we were so excited to attend a park party hosted by Kevvy Kev on Sunday. Kev has been spinning the good stuff all over the bay for twenty years! Now that, friends, is old-school. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of his radio show, Bang the Drum (6-9pm, Sundays, KZSU), he invited some of the top names in hip-hop from around the country. more ›