This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 27 – Blue Skies Return

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Despite the virus and the fires, Bay Area homes hit new highs [SF Chronicle]
• Case in point: 756 sq foot house on Duncan sells for $2.25 million [SFGate]
• Little free pantry [musikdog]
• SF Covid cases are low across the city and only 5 per 1000 in Noe Valley [MissionLocal]
• Is Halloween cancelled this year?(Answer: Maybe) [SFist]
• Love + Hope [shisobastos]

[Photo: Fresh air intermezzo via mr_ottoh] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 26 (Half a Year) – The Time the Sky Was on Fire

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• The Apocalypse revealed itself this week in the Bay Area [Mandatory]
• The day the skies turned orange, the perils of climate change were impossible to ignore [Bloomberg]
• An eerie drone’s eye view of the orange haze over SF [The Verge]
• The science behind the orange skies [Wired]
• When the day was actually night - the mail carrier had to use a flashlight [@eweise]
• Eerie view of Noe Valley from Billy Goat hill [@nabil_recriter]
• Coming Sept 17: A combination oyster bar and seafood shop on 24th St. [SF Chronicle]
• Firefly is offering Rosh Hashanah specialties this year [JWeekly]
• A profile of local chocolatier David Upchurch [SFGate]
• Indoor businesses like hair salons, nail salons and gyms will be able to reopen next week [ABC7]
• Survey: Keep Sanchez St. slow [@slowsanchezsf]

[Photo: Red skies via @erik1966lutig] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 25 – It’s Hot, Hot, Hot

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• So Nancy Pelosi was in Noe Valley this week and had a thing [@SFChronicle]
• La Ciccia, still being amazing [@RafaelMandelman]
• The Sept Noe Valley Voice details how local merchants are coping with coronavirus [NVV]
• Shadows are getting longer [seenbymarky]
• Omnivore is partnering with Benne to offer indie restaurant meal pickup [@Omnivorebooks]

[Photo: Sanchez slow streets via sundaybloom_sf] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 23 – Fire Skies and So Much Smoke

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Northern California wildfires: How to help fire victims and firefighters [Merc]
• Saru massively expands outdoor dining [@theoverheadwire]
• Support our amazing local bookstores [@omnivorebooks]
• The Irreplaceables: Mapping lost landmarks across the Bay Area [SF Chronicle]
• Hazy shade of summer [howardblecher]
• End times [dandiemann]
• Fireball in the sky [denomarcum]
• Ash [@mstreshinsky]
• PSA: The J Church returns this weekend [@F6x]
• Sutro in excelsis [@jeffreytumlin]
• Save the USPS Noe Valley [@shaketini]

[Photo: Smokey skies over Noe via @bats123] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 9,547 – Crazy Weather

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Douglas closing at the end of August (and future plans) [NVSF]
• Saru adds outdoor parklet dining [NVSF]
• Most Sundays: Tiny porch concert at 2pm [slowerstreets]
• Support your local post office with stamps from Noe Valley artist Ruth Asawa [@ktwiss5]
• Church Produce is open! [@jrizzo]
• Lightning strikes twice over the Bay [@joenewsman]
• Yep, heatwave means rolling blackouts [KQED]
• Fogust – please come back [arubinstein_]
• Wild skies [thestevebayes]

[Photo: Thunder, lightning! via @NegativeTilt] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 21 – Post Mo Bills, Church Produce Reopening

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• A little bit of good news: Church Produce is reopening soon @SFjkdineen]
• Another bright spot: Noe Café expands into a parklet [NVSF]
• As the pandemic drags on, so does damage to SF small businesses [SF Chronicle]
• SF Businesses say a sad, quiet goodbye as chance of economic rebound disappears [SF Chronicle]
• On the flip side:  The skin-care Line Monastery’s swanky new Noe Valley spa [NYTimes]
• Looking almost normal in Noe Valley, but not [ambika]
• Beautiful fish mosaic comes to life at Billingsgate [shaketini]
• A rebellion is underway in tranquil Noe Valley [@DaveLeeFT]
• The artist reveal [ryanodonell]
• The Bills annotated [howard_fallon]

[Photo: Post mo bills via nakoeth] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 20 – A Closing, A Mugging and Much Dining Al Fresco

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• 62- year old woman mugged in broad daylight at 30th and Church [SF Examiner]
• An updated Edwardian home goes for the same price as in 2015 [SocketSite]
• It’s true: Charlie’s Corner closes forever [@Hoodline]
• Firefly pivots and offers takeout at last [NVSF]
• Sidewalk pizza on Church St [bernalheights_pizzeria]
• Lupa Trattoria offers socially distanced patio dining [CBS Local]
• Music everywhere [@GregChase]
• Noe Cafe adds beer, wine and aperol spritz to the sidewalk patio [Noe Café]
• New local bike gang [eyeofted]

[Photo: Sidewalk concert in Noe Valley via pensypreppy] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 19 - A State of Stasis

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Beautiful and poignant profile of ex-Noe Valley resident an art great Ruth Asawa [NY Times]
• The artist leaving the bookmarks in the free libraries in the neighborhood [so_i_started_painting]
• Charlie’s Corner a casualty of the pandemic? [@catherineb415]

[Photo: Together art on 24th Street via merridthj]