This Week in Noe Valley: Massive Power Outage, Running for High Tea and $6 Million House Rises on 26th St.

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

• Massive power outage on Friday caused by digging at 22nd and Illinois [CBS Local]
• Yes, Virginia, there is a bike God [@radbeard]
• $6 million house rises on 26th Street [@NoeValleySF]
• Why Noe Valley has TWO Catholic churches [@murphstahoe]
• Just another awesome weekend at Bernie’s [eyeofted]
• Headed for high tea at Lovejoy’s [eyeofted]

[Photo: Fresh catch via baronsmeatssf ]

This Week in Noe Valley: Class Baiting, Rainbows and See Jane Run Catches a Break

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

• It rained… and then ... rainbows [beldenbarns and caragpw]
• A barista at Bernie’s was badly injured in a motorcycle accident – campaign here for those who want to help [gofundme]
• So that’s what they call a Victorian gut and flip [Curbed]
• A job post for a fancy $175K butler in Noe Valley blows up Twitter (and is almost certainly bogus) [The Guardian]
• Hahn’s Hibachi is closing for good at the end of April [@crsy]
• ICYMI: The For Lease sign is down and something is happening at the 25th and Church restaurant space... [@noevalleysf]
• The Temporarium coffee shop at the edge of Noe Valley (22nd and Guerrero] is now open [the_temporarium]
• See Jane Run negotiates a 6 month reprieve – see the comments [Robert Blaylock]
• The Lotus Method, workouts for expecting Moms, opens in April on 24th St [Lotus Method]
• Noe Valley resident Jade Stone stars in clever Exploratorium send-up [Bum Vivant]

[Photo: Bernie’s in the Spring via wannabefashionblogger]

RIP Greg of 24th Street

We were sad to hear about the passing of Greg Gutknecht earlier this week, the affable and talkative gentleman who had become a fixture on 24th Street and around Noe Valley. Greg had been homeless for 10 years, picked up work at the Farmer's Market, frequently did odd jobs for area merchants, and as one local put it “was just a sweetheart.” He had a place to call home the last couple years and had been doing well.

Greg collapsed in front of Bernie's coffee shop on Monday morning. According to the staff in Bernie’s, EMTs worked for more than 30 minutes but were unable to revive him. 

There are flowers and notes in front of Bernie’s from those who miss him. We’d like to post more details about Greg. If anyone has stories of his life and/or photos please email us, post in the comments or tweet us @noevalleysf.

Update: There will be a memorial potluck for Greg this Sunday the 25th at Valley Tavern at 3PM.

This Week In Noe Valley: Halloween Excess, Pasta Pomodoro Exits, And GO GIANTS!!

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Noe Valley gets wild after Giants World Series win [eefeefeef]
• S**t going down in Whole Foods during the World Series final [@zamosta]
• A Giant plan to improve Muni (and speed up the 48) [Burrito Justice]
• Halloween, Noe Valley style [gfillonramos]
• Where they stand: Candidates for Supervisor in District 8 [SF Gate]
• A writer's guide to SF cafes names Bernie's best in Noe Valley [7x7]
• Plumpjack, which has been looking for a restaurant spot in the area, is opening a bar in the Luna Park space on Valencia [SFist]
• Folio Books turns one [@FolioSF]
• Pasta Pomodoro is closed on 24th St – but hey, you can still visit one of their 18 other Bay Area locations [NVSF and @PastaPomodoro]
• Massimiliano Conti talks La Nebbia and La Ciccia [Inside Scoop SF]
• A review in pictures of Martin Maddox [Spotted SF]
• Short films about SF's ecological anomalies at the Roxie – Tues Nov 11 [Kyle Garrett]

[Photo: Orange sky for the Giants parade via js42]

This Week In Noe Valley: Twitter IPO Real Estate Angst, Crime Rolls Downhill, and Where Locals Eat

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• With the Twitter IPO "expect home prices to go up, especially in and around Noe Valley" [ABC Local]
• "OH: 'Once we go public, we'll be in the 1%' #noevalley" [@karlsf]
• On the Bay Bridge opening: "In the year 2113, when our descendants celebrate the bridge's centennial, $6.4 billion might be enough to buy a nice house in Noe Valley." [SF Gate]
• But for now you can rent this mattress for $2,100 [@mikeindustries]
• Crime doesn't climb in SF (which is why buying on a hill isn't just about the view) [Socketsite]
• How SF maps to Seattle: Noe Valley = Ravenna? [Geekwire]
• Modern Market at 1401 Church Street posts a permit for transfer of ownership [CA ABC]
• Apartment fire on Clipper St [@nelson]
• Bernie's makes this top 10 best coffee shops list, but the quoted reviewer clearly doesn't know Bernie [Stuff]
• Where the locals eat in SF – La Ciccia makes the list [USA Today]

[Photo: "Between the Mission and Noe Valley, my shadow is the length of an entire block," Wndrlost]

NVV July/August 2013: 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 outside sources as the Voice doesn't post stories online until the middle of the month.

July/August 2013

Front Page: Photos of Noe Valley families in the '90s.

Letters: Letter from Noe Valley community benefit district founder Carol Yenne thanking the cleaning crew for finding a lost hearing aid; more disapproval for the hygiene and service at La Boulange since Starbucks took over.

Features and Short Takes: R.I.P. breast cancer advocate Barbara Brenner, and Julian Rodigruez of Bernie's; Noe Courts proposals are online for review at sfrecpark.org; Friends of the Urban Forest tree planting coming to Noe on August 24; Upper Douglass Dog Park at 27th and Douglass is looking beautiful - please stay off the grass while the roots take hold. Interview with an accountant turned astrologer on Clipper St. who uses iPad apps in her research to allow more time for "interpreting the charts."

Cost of Living in Noe: Hot, hot, hot.

Store Trek: Kitami Ropa (1478A Church St.)

Rumors: The Noe Valley Town Square clears the final hurdle - if you haven't pledged yet, now's the time; Quitters is filming in San Francisco and around the hood; 2 blocks on Noe Hill are trying to get their street zoned for parking; dog grooming parlor Clipper Corner is closed; June Fisher M.D. celebrated her 80th birthday at Le Zinc; Noe Valley's mini-golf legend Steve Fox is set to open Urban Putt in the Mission this fall; Noe Valley "mayor" Sam Salameh, proprietor of Good News on 24th St., reports the neighborhood's favorite magazine is Vanity Fair, followed by Music Mojo and The New Yorker. Newspapers? "They're dead," says Sam. Meanwhile, Phoenix Books reports the favorite book is Wild by Cheryl Strayed. Video Wave says the favorite movie rentals are Quartet, Silver Linings Playbook, Side Effects and for kids it's Oz the Great and Powerful.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

Carrotmob at Bernies

From Rebecca Prozan:

San Francisco’s third Carrotmob at Bernie’s!
3966 24th St · Between Noe & Sanchez
Sunday, October 18, 11am–2pm
Support energy efficiency and conservation while promoting a Noe Valley business owner. Bernie’s is a certified green business already a certified member of the Green Cafe Network and has pledged over 40% of sales during the October 18 event to go even greener.
Carrotmob encourages businesses to compete to see who will do the most good for the environment, and then rewards the business with a mob of consumers.
Check our progress on http://sf.carrotmob.org.
If you would like to volunteer at the event, please email carrotmob@rebeccaprozan.com

Can anyone point us to a list of "certified green" businesses?

Update (10/7): Correction and clarification above from promoter. Here's more info on the Green Cafe Network.