This Week in Noe Valley: Tacros Coming, Auto Burglaries Are Still Rampant, Omnivore Turns 10

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

• Inventor of the tracro to open a Noe Valley location soon [SF Chronicle]
• Samin Nosrat of Salt Fat Acid Heat at Omnivore [beatseats]
• Noe Valley zoo [ronasue]
• Omnivore Books is turning 10 [SF Eater]
• 20% off Rabat [rabatshoes]
• Saru named one of the best sushi restaurants in SF [SF Eater]
• Auto burglaries are down in SF this year, but not in Noe Valley [SF Chronicle]
• Making sense of the fog of excess in San Francisco [Fast Company]

[Photo: October morning via jrmuskie] 

This Week in Noe Valley: New Happy Hour, New Mural and New Revelations

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

• A local resident has started an on-demand box recycling service for just $10 to help us deal with the detritus of our collective Amazon addiction [Beyond Box]
• A new neighborhood oyster and burger Happy Hour? [chezmariussfca]
• New mural and Instagram opp outside Novy [luckeysf and instaelviss]
• Oped: Maybe someone needs to tell the SFPD to treat the Tenderloin like it’s Noe Valley [BeyondChron]
• One of the priests accused of sexually abusing children worked at St. Paul Catholic Parish and School in Noe Valley from 2006 – 2011 [ABC7]
• Rapture on Church St. [eyeofted]
• New scooter arrivals [@billgodwin]

[Photo: Halloween building via reneeak] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Fleet Week, Noe Valley in 1966 and Halloween Is Coming

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

• From the photo archives: Noe Valley in 1966 [@sfmtaphoto]
• Spotted: The mobile sauna [eyeofted]
• The Navy Band was in the Town Square for Fleet Week [fleetweeksf]
• Baron’s Meats – looking good! [baronsmeats]
• Now that’s a great birthday party [@sfpublicworks]
• RIP the Tamale Lady [@lucchesi]
• Confusion reigns over the SF tree maintenance program [SF Chronicle]
• The SF neighborhoods with the best and worst outcomes for kids, including Noe Valley [SFGate]

[Photo: Halloween is coming via inger] 

NVV October 2018: 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.

October 2018

Front Page: Halloween is coming; dog trainers share their methods and tips; local dems want to flip the house in November.

Features: Fairmount Elementary is now Dolores Huerta Elementary School; recycling box now lives outside James Lick Middle School entrance. Republicans focus on local races. Two haunted houses will be at this year's Spooktacular Halloween celebration on Sunday Oct. 28 in the Town Square.

Cost of Living in Noe Valley: Home values averaged $2.578 million this August, up 1.8 percent year over year. The most affordable home was a 350 square foot crackerbox condo on Guerrero that sold for $578,000.

Store Trek: Douglas, 1598 Sanchez at 29th

Rumors and Tidbits: The old Mill space is rumored to be a possible cannabis dispensary (?!); the old Radio Shack is becoming a Yoga Flow on 24th St.; Artisana on 24th St has closed; Eyes on 24th St. Optometry is moving a block down to 4080 24th St.; Castro Computer is vacating its space on 1500 Castro at 25th; Rafael Mandelman's campaign office has left the space next to Just for Fun and a new tenant is coming soon. Realtor Hill & Co. has been bought by Alain Pinel which means there are currently two Alain Pinel offices on 24th St - no word on whether one will close; Sotheby's Realty is rumored to be moving into the hood as well; Chloe's Cafe is now 31 years old and has been named a "valuable cultural asset" for San Francisco; The Noe Valley Girls Film Festival was a huge success.

[The Noe Valley Voice]