This Week in Noe Valley: Scary Openings, Tricks and Treats - and Other Halloween Mayhem

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

• A "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to buy a firehouse in Noe Valley - for the third time in five years [SocketSite]
• The NY Times does 36 hours in San Francisco, and visits Dolores Park (but skips Noe Valley) (NY Times)
• Sign of the times on 26th and Sanchez [@Zircean]
• If I still lived here... graffiti turning up all over Noe [@NoeValleySF]
• Hidden grocery corner store sign revealed at “Army” and Noe streets [@localcalifornia]
• Rainbows in Noe Valley [anilla02]
• Found art [@findjkuo]
• Spotted at a garage sale: Google Glass [@NoeValleySF]
• Somi and Tejido lingerie opens in the former Martin Mattox space [@trussandore]
• Lazeez opens next to savor and the first review of the food - and font - is in [@RyanGoodman]
• The primary author of Prop I lives in Noe Valley [Bay Area Reporter]
• Noe resident is claiming a deadly carcinogen sprayed at a Bay Area park killed her dog [ABC7]
• Shocker: Noe Valley is the 15th most liberal SF neighborhood (out of 54) [SF Magazine]
• Is someone who steals bikes in Noe Valley a criminal? Um, yes [SFGate]
• Noe Valley makes the top trick-or-treating hood list again [Zillow]
• The one man bandit on 24th St for Halloween [instabishnu]
• Mayor Ed Lee, Scott Wiener and David Chiu campaign in NV for Yes on A [@Scott-Wiener]
• Yet another nail salon takes over the the Noe Valley Music space [@NoeValleySF]
• ShoeBiz has it’s own line of Sutro shoes [Hoodline]
• Another downer “California is over” piece via New York [NY Times]
• Noe Valley goes all out for Halloween [@pbberro]
• Happy Halloween, Noe Valley [stephng26]

[Photo: Halloweendays via iaranzadi ]

This Week In Noe Valley: Fun with Maps, Parking Musings, And A Vocal Local Glasshole

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

• Illustrator Jenni Sparks has created a whimsical map of SF – complete with Noe Valley landmarks like Elizabeth St Brewery and The Tavern [SFist]
• Martin Mattox is open at 1104 Sanchez and fashionistas rejoice [Racked]
• Radio Shack is in trouble – will the 24th St branch survive? [SFGate]
• Observed: People prefer waiting 15 min for free parking Whole Foods or Walgreens to paying for an open meter spot nearby [@tonypham]
• Does Angel Pagan live in Noe Valley? [@shaketini] 
• A survey by the City of SF looking for solutions to improve late-night public transit [via @Scott_Wiener]
• A plea for Blue Fog Market to open on 24th St [@tspollaro]
• Glassholes getting dissed by Noe Valley coffee shops – tech hate crime or satire? [@TechHateCrimes]
• Local fog hyperlapse [ericaaa_24]
• A local kitten that’s Internet famous on Reddit [thatcliffguy]

[Photo: Autumn is Coming via Ayesha_Mattu]

This Week In Noe Valley: Glassholes, Bike Thief Shaming, And A Wayward Marmot Is Caught

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

• Geoffrey Nunberg's take on glassholes in his SF neighborhood (yeah...Noe Valley) [Fresh Air]
• Marmot vacationing in Bernal Heights apprehended at Alvarado Elementary in Noe Valley. Bernalwood scooped, MSM swooped. [NBC Bay Area]
• More on the Marmot, how he was caught and what's next for him [SFGate]
• SFPD now shaming bike thieves on Twitter [SFist]
• 3 of the most expensive cities in the US to raise kids are in the Bay Area (and Noe’s no bargain) [On The Block]
• But Noe Valley rentals aren't that expensive (compared to SOMA and Russian Hill) [SF Sentinel]
• Disquieting froyo disclosure from a Noe resident [Partial Disclosures]
• Todd David on KALW radio's Your Call [KALW]

[Photo: cierawest]