This Week in Noe Valley: New Mural, J Church Turns 100 and Another Senior Dies Facing Eviction

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Everyone in SF lives within 10 minutes of a park – the best for any city in the U.S. [KRON]
• Then and now – the J Church turns 100 this year [@SFMTAPhoto]
• New mural near Omnivore (yes!) [@omnivorebooks]
• Big fines proposed for dumping trash in Dolores [SFist]
• New sidewalk gardens headed for Noe Valley – volunteers wanted May 27 [@SFUrbanForester]
• Noe Valley tech execs moonlight as truffle farmers in Wine Country [SF Chronicle]
• In 2014, 310 Duncan Street was a 2 unit fixer that sold for $1.6 million. Today: Questionable permitting to create a single family home for $5M [insidesfrealestate]
• The T House (formerly the Google House) at 526 Duncan is for sale again - looks to reclaim the dubious title of most expensive home in Noe Valley at $12.5 million [SocketSite]
• Wyse Sons breads are now available at Whole Foods [Eater]
• This is really sad: Another senior dies in Noe Valley facing eviction [The Guardian]
• It’s not your imagination: SF streets are jammed with Uber and Lyft vehicles [SF Chronicle]
• City is looking for greater ways to control how ride-sharing companies operate in the city [SF Examiner]

[Photo: Hill via itsmeviv28]

This Week in Noe Valley: Savor Changes Owners, La PanotiQ and Good News Are Gone

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• LaPanotiQ closes "due to delays caused by extensive building repairs." Um, yeah. [Hoodline]
• NY Times technology reporter John Markoff: RIP Good News [@markoff]
• Savor posts a change of owner sign after many months of sad, slow decline [@rosewinegirl]
• Baron’s clears an inspection hurdle. Here’s hoping for sandwiches soon [@BaronsonChurch]
• Brunch with oysters, egg dishes and bubbles (yum) [Uma Casa]
• What happens when SF adds housing (your neighbors are in this) [@SFyimby]
• You can get a Noe Valley cocktail at Cityscape in the Hilton downtown – who knew? [Paste Magazine]
• Evil Noe Valley landlord fined millions by the city for bad evictions [SFGate]
• The new villain: “He is a finance guy living in a big house in Noe Valley.” [SF Examiner]
• #Vanlife Noe Valley-style [allenapplegate]

[Photo: Goodby Good News from NVSF]

NVV May 2017: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

May 2017

Front Page: Local family commemorates their family in a mural on Comerford Alley; local stylist organizes free services for hospitalized kids; rat poison kills coyote in Douglass Park.

Letters: Letter from a Trump supporter from New York about the "arrogant residents of San Franny."

Features: Noe Valley's lone indie newsstand, Good News, is closing after 22 years; the reasons are the Internet and a key magazine distributor shut down.

Cost of Living in Noe: The average cost of a Noe Valley home in March was $3.1 million; the most expensive home sold that month was a $6.2 million home on a double lot on Fair Oaks.

Store Trek: Baron's Quality Meats, 1706 Church St at 29th; Mabuhay, 1195 Church St at 24th 

Rumors and Tidbits: The Town Square finally has power - look for more events like the Square Dance soon. The Noe Valley Association got a grant for parklet furniture and new benches on 24th St. and sun umbrellas for the Town Square. The Farmer's Market's Happy Boy Farms vendor has a GoFundMe campaign for flood damage from this year's rains. The plant-based food service and restaurant Le Cupboard is opening soon. A pizza oven was moved into the soon-to-be Sasa's Pizzeria (nee Fattoush). Radio Shack will be gone by the end of May. The shops next to St. Clair's have been demolished to make way for new retail and housing; construction should take 14 months. Noe Valley activists created a project that spurred 1 million calls to Congress on issues people are concerned about - while they were also facing an owner move-in eviction (!).

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Church St Mystery Restaurant Revealed and Noe's Sky-High Housing Costs Splained

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Coming soon to the mysterious never-ending restaurant project at 1298 Church St [@NVSF]
• Pasta Gina limits hours as it looks for help [@emiliecole]
• Fun photo of the “famous” Jungle House [tttttommyyy]
• Rafe Mandelman says he’s run for District 8 Supevisor next year [SF Chronicle]
• D8 Supe Jeff Sheehy proposed legislation to ban SF police from removing passengers [SF Weekly]
• Clipper St the poster child for hazardous tree roots on a sidewalk [SF Examiner]
• April NVMPA newsletter [NVMPA]
• Scott Wiener: A building moratorium equals sky-high housing prices in Noe Valley [Beyond Chron]
• Average home price in Cow Hollow: $3.3 million; Noe Valley: $2.2 million [Curbed]

[Photo: Somewhere in Noe Valley via michelamusolino]

This Week in Noe Valley: Pizza Progress and Why the Town Square Is in the Dark

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• The pizza oven is delivered to Sassi’s in the old Fattoush space [@NoeValleySF]
• A look inside a rare “sister” Victorian on Elizabeth St. [Curbed]
• A whimsical illustration of night time in Noe Valley by a local artist/stylist [oliviakaneley]
• Oh hai [suki_the_regal_shiba]
• Noe Valley couple uses technology to enable 1 million calls to Congress (and counting)[Hoodline]
• Here’s why PG&E won’t turn on the lights in the Noe Valley Town Square [SFChronicle]

[Photo: Noe Valley cherry blossonms via vpiombo]

This Week in Noe Valley: Local Color, Fire and It’s Coyote Pupping Season

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Profile of the colorful Noe’s Nest owner Sheila Ash - born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Nazi-occupied Poland [SFist]
• Noe Valley street trash [@SFjkdineen]
• Fire at 119 Randall Street sends two to hospital; 7 of 8 cats rescued [Mission Local]
• What $1850 rents you in Noe Valley today (no couples, no pets) [Curbed]
• Are Baby Boomers are to blame for SF’s high housing costs? [BeyondChron]
• Uptick in coyote sightings due to pupping season [SFist]
• Odd: The Noe Valley resident who *likes* Union Street [Marina Times]

[Photo: Noe Valley doorway viajuliegeb]

NVV April 2017: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.

April 2017

Front Page: Evie Chen wins James Lick spelling bee; 93-year-old Carl Jensen dies while fighting eviction from his home of 63 years on 26th St.; Blue Bear Music offers music classes for 5+ year olds in Noe Valley.

Letters: A neighbor writes that Hawaiian Airlines (specifically the flight from SFO to Honolulu) is the worst offender for local airplane noise; the library amnesty program brought in 135 overdue items to the Jersey St branch; Noe Valley's 24th St post office completely sold out of pre-stamped U.S. postcards as locals joined other Americans in contacting our Washington representatives.

Cost of Living in Noe: February was a slow month for sales; the most expensive sale was a $4,025,000 TIC on a corner lot on Valley St.

Store Trek: Chez Marius, 4063 24th St. near Castro

Rumors and Tidbits: Radio Shack's days are numbered; David's Tea is closed and the space is renting for $7,000 a month; the old See Jane Run space is also for rent, asking $9,000/month. The owners of the never-ending mystery restaurant at 1298 Church St. claim it will open in April and serve "nutritious gourmet food" while also "hosting events to think and educate about the food system and how we can use it as an opportunity to make our health, planet and communities thrive." The fire station house is for sale again - for $5.7 million. Authentic Tattoo has opened in the old Sirena Botanica space.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Fairy Houses and Saturday Morning Demolition

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• David Talbot posits that the SF real estate craziness is killing off the elderly – including Carl Jensen on 26th St [SF Chronicle]
• Fairytale treehouse [muzacart]
• Fairy house #2 on Sanchez [@NoeValleySF]
• Saturday morning demolition on 24th Street [@NoeValleySF]
• Baron’s Quality Meats open house today attracts a crowd [@nelson]
• More on Baron’s including plans to add sandwiches and groceries [SF Chronicle]
• Foodie Chap interviews Telmo Faria of Uma Casa [CBS Local]
• Yelpers love Saru sushi [SF Gate]
• Scene from Omnivore’s popular cookie bakeoff [adbonifacio]
• Old Noe [frabjous_warrior]

[Photo: Tulips]