This Weird Week in Noe Valley: Equinox Drumming, Hipster Street Saunas and Burning Man Flamingo Bike

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

• Overhead in Noe Valley: “Both my nannies are in Iceland” [@susanwolff]
• This week's Town Square activity: equinox drumming [jeffsheehysf]
• Getzwell covers up the iconic Star Bakery sign (the neighborhood is not amused) [@peephole and @NoeValleySF]
• SF parking meters could get surge pricing [SF Examiner]
• SF school areas are the fourth worst for distracted driving [SFGate]
• Burning Man flamingo bike comes home to Noe [daijaaana]
• Germans having a laugh at Hipster street saunas [laura.la.reina]

[Photo: El Greengo via drivingwhileawesome]

This Week in Noe Valley: More Housing, Green Streets and What to Do About Old People and Their Valuable Homes

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

• Giant ficus falls on a home on Dolores at Clipper and only the railing is hurt [SF Examiner]
• Noe Valley Garden Tour starts June 3, tickets on sale now [Friends of Noe Valley]
• The rare rotting rodent blooms of spring [@KristinHenry]
• Greening the neighborhood, one nook at a time [@Tint]
• Spotted: Star Wars street art [@adamephoto]
• Think parking protectionists are the worst? There’s a petition for that [@NeverSassyLaura]
• Noe Valley. Presented without comment. [@nickshearer]
• David Talbot: Old people of SF, your time is up [SF Chronicle]

[Photo: Alley via cmason4]

This Week in Noe Valley: Bikeshare Coming, Walkershaw Leaving and Other Signs of September

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

• Walkershaw Man is closing at the end of the month [Walkershaw Man]
• A touching story about a Noe Valley family, the Giants and Alzheimer’s [NY Times]
• Free days for city residents by neighborhood at Cal Academy of Sciences [SF Station]
• SF’s cheapest and most expensive neighborhoods for renters – Noe Valley is in the middle [SF Business Journal]
• Noe Valley people are boujie – and like to call tow trucks (says the person who tweets she constantly gets parking tickets) [@HanneFrank]
• Noe Valley gala to support local arts on Oct 27 [Noe Valley Gala]
• Free adult color night on Oct 18 at Folio– with wine [FunCheapSF]
• Bay Area homes sell twice as fast as U.S. average [SF Business Journal]
• Bay Area Bikeshare stations coming to Noe Valley [Hoodline]
• Noe Valley – where schools have valet parking? [@MikeLewis]
• Photo of 22nd and Fair Oaks, 1988 [@DavidGallagher]
• Photo of 94131 in the 1970s [@RedLips769]
• Town Square progress in a photo [lizatblackrose]

[Photo: Cloud drama via artbyamanda33]

This Week In Noe Valley: Opening Day Superfan, Fatal Dog Attack At Douglass Park, And A Big Real Estate Loss

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

• La Nebbia’s spring calamari salad recipe [Haute Living]
• SF Giants superfan carries his bat high through Noe Valley on Opening Day [@tonybravosf]
• Business travelers are opting for Airbnb in areas like Noe Valley [SF Gate]
• A profile of Farmer’s Market vendor Sour Flour's Danny Gabriner [JWeekly]
• Who knew? The voice of Red Bull lives in Noe Valley [7x7]
• Apparently the Seward St slides are regularly barricaded [@hormetic]
• A photo of the eager local yoginis at the newly opened Yoga Mayu [@yogamayu]
• Leaving soiled diapers on 24th St? Gross [@shaketini]
• Anyone have more info on the dog attack at Douglass playground this week? [@KristinHenry]
• Record setting Noe home guts itself, takes a $2.6 million pricecut [Socketsite]
• It's once again time to watch out for the Noe Valley succulent thief [@bishnu_b]
• Local parking mystery [@rohitenveja]
• RIP another SF media property, The Bold Italic – and from the archives, one former local author’s take on why she loves Noe Valley [The Bold Italic]

[Photo: via The Bold Italic]

This Week in Noe Valley: Co-Housing, Spare The Air Sunrises, And Get Ready For Drones

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

• Co-housing campuses for 20-somethings are popping up even in Noe Valley [SFist]
• Want to rent your apartment or house short term? You can now go legit on Feb 2 [SF Planning]
• Noe Valley is one of the least pet-friendly neighborhoods for renters [Curbed]
• Before and after photos: A modest bungalow on Duncan is transformed into a 5,400 sq. foot designer home [SocketSite]
• Most expensive house in Noe Valley is back on the market – for $500K less [SocketSite]
• SF real estate market projected to be just as crazy in 2015 [Curbed]
• Hater neighbors #parkinginsf [Tutti G]
• OH: Santa Barbara is basically Noe Valley on the beach [@grumpygrunger]
• Spare the air days = gorgeous sunrises - and sunsets [capturelight_, ericaaa_24 and chloealexmayer]
• RIP Robert San Souci, Noe Valley resident and author of the book that inspired Disney’s Mulan [KQED]
• Cellist Emil Miland comes to Noe Valley Chamber Music series Jan 25 [Noe Valley Ministry]
• Douglass Dog Park is hounded by problems [SFGate]
• They're here: Do your neighbors have drones? [@danz32]
• That guy [24justinstewart]
• Sad trees [SF Gate]

[Photo: Noe Valley morning via bone dry on Reddit]

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]

NVV Sept 2014: 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.

September 2014

Front Page: Photo of the new Amos Goldbaum mural on outer Church; a preview of Noe homes in the AIA House Tour; stoplight proposed for Cesar Chavez at Church St.; 2 parking spots in Noe Valley are reserved for carshsare vehicles; remembering local artist Jack Freeman who died in July.

Letters: A Google Glass wearing resident decries being banned from local coffee shops; A vote against the Cesar Chavez/Church stoplight and a plea to move it to 24th and Church instead; A middle-aged white man is snapping branches on small trees on the 800 block of Alvarado St.; a pedestrian rails against making SF more bike friendly; A love letter to Holy Kitchen Indian food on 24th urging locals to visit; Wink SF wants to set the record straight that they are not closing - just renting out space in the store to emerging artists.

Short Takes: Construction will begin this month on the wider bus stops and more prominent crosswalks on 24th at Castro, Noe and Church; Real Foods space gets a new roof but the rest of the space is still in limbo.

Cost of Living in Noe: $2.2 million is still the average price for a single family home. Renters can expect to pay $2195 to $4200 for a 1 bedroom apartment.

Store Trek: Rare Device opens (4071 24th Street)

Rumors: L'Atelier is moving in next to UPS store at 4104 24th and will showcase independent local upcycling artists (taking discarded items and using it to create new things like art, jewelry, clothing, furniture and home items); Sightglass Coffee, Steeped Tea and Tout Sweet Patisserie are all sharing space in Noe Valley Bakery with occasional pop-up tastings of Sugar Foot Grits - plus breadsticks will soon be back on the menu; the former Global Exchange storefront has been rented to a local French cafe bakery chain called La PanotiQ which plans to open early next year and serve Bicycle coffee, salads, sandwiches, as well as baked items made on premises; Abeck Graphics has moved from SOMA into the space at 4235 24th St that used to house Sherri King Tax Service; The space vacated by Kangaroos preschool at Diamond and 24th will be a chiropractor's office; Blu Ova fertility services has moved into the old Fima Photography space; Tacolicious has opened its corporate offices into the old Sirena Botanica space on Church St; Remembrances of Robin Williams visiting Noe Valley.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

Hearing: Dedicated On-Street Parking For Carshare Vehicles

There's a hearing at City Hall tomorrow morning asking for public comment on dedicating certain on-street parking spaces to car share vehicles (Zipcar, City CarShare, etc.). In other words, you can't park your car in those spots. Parking is a big deal to some in Noe Valley, so we were glad to get this from Heather World:

The city’s program to dedicate on-street parking to car-sharing vehicles leaps forward July 11 when residents are invited to comment on 100 proposed sites, including seven in Noe Valley.

Two spots are proposed for 22nd Street and Noe and for Clipper and Sanchez. One spot is proposed for 24th Street at Sanchez, 29th Street at Dolores, and San Jose Avenue and Duncan Street.

The pilot program is part of the city’s effort to improve congestion and encourage car sharing, said project manager Andy Thornley.

About 450 of the city’s 275,000 parking spots have been identified as possible dedicated spaces for City CarShare, Zipcar and Getaround vehicles, though only 40 have been approved by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Board of Directors so far.

Noe would be the site of about two dozen sites, which will be vetted at public meetings.

The pilot ends in August, 2015. Car sharing companies are required to collect data from each car.

“We can see whether a given parking space is productive,” he said. The city will evaluate each space, looking at use and impact. “If it doesn’t prove out, it won’t be a permanent thing.”

The July 11 hearing, hosted by the SFMTA Sustainable Streets Division, will take place at 10 a.m. in Room 416 at City Hall.

Here's a link to more information about the Car Sharing Policy and Pilot Program, as well as a map of all locations in San Francisco [PDF]. If you can't make the meeting you can send your comments to Andy Thornley.

What: Hearing about proposed sites for dedicated on-street carshare parking
When: July 11, 10am
Where: City Hall, Room 416

[SFMTA: Car Sharing Policy and Pilot Program]
[Photo: SFMTA]

NVV July/August 2014: 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.

July/August 2014

Front Page: 3 scenic walks around Noe Valley; Folio Books offers some summer reading choices including Americanah, Carsick, Midnight in Europe and more; a local gives up her car (and parking spot) and lives to tell the tale.

Letters: A Castro street resident is outraged at the city's cavalier and inept sewer contractors who have ripped up the sidewalk 3 times; a complaint about the ad in the last issue title "Considering a Move from SF to the Peninsula?" from a longtime Bernal Heights (!) resident; the unmarked crosswalk at Church and Elizabeth Streets needs signs; a 30th St resident rails against the "over-salaried, post-teenage technocrats now marinating in the city..."; the Noe Valley Garden Tour was a success with over 275 tickets sold.

Short Takes: In memory of Angus Brunner, landlord of the Just for Fun building, who died in March; an open letter from Gwen Sanderson of Video Wave about the proposed $15 minimum wage and how it hurts small businesses; the historic trains of the F Line will no longer run on Church Street; Noe resident Steve Fox's new business Urban Putt has been open for a few months in the Mission (South Van Ness at 22nd St).

Cost of Living in Noe: $2.2 million is now the average price for a single family home.

Rumors: Ambiance is moving from it's current 2 storefronts to the spot recently vacated by Sway - the move is expected to happen after the new space is retrofitted, in about 2 months; Joshua Simon is closing after more than 35 years on 24th St - the building will also need a retrofit once the store closes at the end of July; Decor Galore is closed; Wink is renting out shelf space to a pop-up store; Yes more speculation that Neutraceuticals will be applying for permits to demolish the old Real Foods building [Ed note: a permit was posted on the building today for a new roof, and a reader wrote to say she saw stacks of plywood being brought inside so a teardown is unlikely]; the Town Square is now fully funded and any additional money at this point is "for embellishments" - construction will likely start in the summer of 2015 and be done by Spring 2016; Of the 15,911 people registered to vote in our little village, 5531 of us (or about a third) took the time to cast a ballot; former Voice contributor and Noe Valley resident Bill Griffith who created the Zippy the Pinhead cartoon recently came back for a visit and discovered his former 25th St home had been "renovated beyond recognition."

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Real Estate Records Smashed, A Chef's Favorite Local Eats, More Parking Snark

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

• Real estate agent carves out a mythical Quad neighborhood for bros [Uptown Alamanac]
• Local safecracker finally able to ply his craft [SFGate]
• Contigo chef Brett Emerson clearly doesn't eat out enough in Noe Valley [SF Mag]
• New record for most expensive home sale in Noe Valley (7 million!) goes to the NIMBY house [SocketSite; also: NIMBY explanation]
• But then check out the jaw-dropping 21% annual appreciation of 465 Hoffman [SocketSite]
• SF is a leader for its innovative management and ambitious park plans (featuring Phil Ginsburg and the NV Town Square) [HuffPo]
• Little Chihuahua adds brunch -- including mimosas [Tablehopper]
• Another local vigilante is tired of your car parked on his/her street [@celesteasaurus]

[Photo: lizhemingway]

This Week In Noe Valley: Whole Foods To Offer Wine Tasting, Incanto's Legacy, And "Twerps With 'Tudes"

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

• Whole Foods wants an "Instructional Tasting License" to go with its beer/wine license [CA ABC]
• Noe Valley NIMBY house makes the Wall Street Journal [WSJ]
• "In December, almost 40 percent of the home sales were all cash." [NYT]
• Our post last week prompted a lively discussion of parking etiquette (Curb Your Enthusiasm FTW) [SFist]
• More on the legacy of Incanto [Inside Scoop]
• Can't get over the queueing in this timelapse of shuttle buses loading [Paul Supawanich]
• Techies ruined San Francisco a long time ago and we all survived [Salon]
• Noe Valley is where it's at [@Kitty_Morgan]

[Photo: kslatzlifestyle]

This Week In Noe Valley: The Way You Park, Designer Houses, And First Review Of Horner's Corner

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

• Check Please, Bay Area! filmed at The Little Chihuahua Noe Valley this week [KQED]
• Your neighbors are judging your parking etiquette - harshly [eyeanstagram]
• Only in SF, Part 1 [earthtone78]
• Only in SF, Part 2 [smarie825; Follow him here: @norris_pj]
• Two new passive energy houses approved for Noe Valley [Curbed]
• House designed by John Maniscalco closes waaaay over-asking (aka under-listed) [SocketSite]
• ICYMI: One of the steepest streets in the US is in our hood [Gizmodo; Also: disputed]
• Holy Kitchen is opening this Tuesday [Tablehopper; day confirmed by phone]
• First review of the fare at Horner's Corner [SFoodie]
• Google gives Muni $6.8 million hush money to pay for free youth access; will it quiet David Campos? [TechCrunch]

[Photo: Good morning stairs, by margaritaazucar]

This Week In Noe Valley: Candy Bar Opens, Pac Heights Vs. Noe Valley Real Estate, And Parking Panic

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

• Buttons Candy Bar is open [@ddudgeon]
• Pacific Heights is cheap compared to Noe [The New Fillmore]
• If only your parents had bought a house here and then gave it to you [Carl Nolte]
• San Francisco neighborhoods in films (including a fun scene from Noe) [KQED]
• SF is losing parking and gaining parks - oh no! [KTVU]

[Photo: cwhitehi_1999]

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]

This Week In Noe Valley: Town Square Reactions, Betabrand's Cosentino Clothing, Local Kale Chips and More

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

• The Chronicle notices Noe Valley wants a new town square [SF Chron]
• Grumpy person complains she'd prefer parking to a park (Ed.--note all the empty spots behind her on 24th) [ABC7]
• Betabrand wants input on a line of Chris Cosentino chef clothes including butcher briefs and meat socks (via @offalchris) [Betabrand]
• Those kale chips at Luv a Java? They're handmade by a Noe Valley entrepreneur trying to survive [SF Gate]
• Just how hot is Noe Valley? A realtor runs the numbers [Real Data SF]
• Easy Breezy makes a connoisseur's top froyo list [Froyo Girl]
• More kids in SF schools, and more parents pleased [SFUSD]
• A Victor Reyes mural on a Noe garage [via @ArtAround]

[Photo: Of Recreation: Fog creeping over Twin Peaks]

This Week In Noe Valley: Who Really Parks On 24th St, A Call For Strong Voices, And Some Fun Geekery

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

• Tech Search Party raised $12,000 for local schools [TSP]
• Zuckerberg chatted up Snapchat founder in Noe Valley before creating Poke [Business Insider]
• Bastian Holze is starting an a cappella choir and needs your talent [Bastian Holze]
• All the cars cleared off 24th St immediately for the fire as if they all belonged to merchant employees. Does Bob Roddick Know? [Hunter Walk]
• "Nemo has really taken its toll on us here in San Francisco" [@kevinmonty] 
• John Elias Karlin created the way the world looks at a keypad. He died this week. [NYT]

[Photo: @JybJonesDMBA]

Move Your Car

If you left your car in front of the driveway at 1190 Sanchez St (at 25th) you might want to move it. And bring cupcakes - the patience needed to put up a sign and not tow your car deserves a reward. Just sayin'.

This Year In Noe Valley: The Big Stories Of 2012

For the rest of the world this might have been the year of Gangnam Style, Call Me Maybe, Superstorms, "the most important election of your lifetime" and the fiscal cliff. But in Noe Valley we were obsessed with local issues. Here's a look back at some of the major themes and top stories from 2012 that resonated in our little village:

It Was a Year of Cool Meteorological Events…
The end of the Mayan calendar barely registered among NV residents, but who cares about that when you've got the awesome transit of Venus, a solar eclipse and a blue moon. While not a meteor, the space shuttle Endeavour buzzed Noe on the way to LA, which was also pretty cool.

Unreal Estate…
Facebook went public this year feeding a frenzy of real estate action in the hood, including the rebirth of the Blue Church on Church St as The Luxe, trust fund house lust, and average home prices of $1.5+ million and counting. And even as a former crack house sold for $1.3 million, Mark Zuckerberg bought a pied–à–terre close by.

Natural and Unnatural Disasters…
The wild weather around the country didn't spare Noe Valley as a fluke thunderstorm and lightning strike zapped transformers on 24th and Hoffman in November, causing more than a few locals to leap out of bed in alarm. The strange weather may also have been the culprit behind this naked car stomper. Granted we did not have extreme weather events, but the bigger threat this year was fire: After the 2-alarm 2011 conflagration in the Radio Shack building, our little hood experienced not one, not two, but five house fires and one case of arson in 2012. Fire and Victorians don't mix – be careful out there.

Changes on 24^th and Church Streets…
Lots of businesses closed or relocated this year including Urban Nest, Ladybug Ladybug, Kohler-Jones, Design Quarter, La Sirena Botanica, Heliotrope, and more than a few business were also scared away by the obnoxious ADA lawsuits. Even the oldest store in the neighborhood, Tuggey's, vacated after decreasing sales and the realization that the real money was in renting the space to...One Medical Group. Meanwhile, First Republic bailed on 24th St after merchants and locals objected, Real Foods of course remains blighted with no resolution in sight, and La Boulange was assimilated by Starbucks. Fortunately there was good news including the addition to 24th St of Loft 1513, Saru Sushi Bar, Easy Breezy, Mill, Olive This Olive That, Philz, DAVIDsTEA, and Pressed Juicery. Coming very soon: CraftCaskHouse and MF Chicken. All of this added up to AAA naming Noe one of the best window shopping areas in SF.

Crime and Punishment…
Despite NV's reputation for being a yuppie sleepy bedroom community, we had plenty of crime to worry about this year. Bike thefts were rampant, there was DEA action on Chatanooga, upper Noe became a dumping ground for stolen cars, joggers were harassed, iPhones were snatched at gunpoint (and in broad daylight), crime continued on Fair Oaks and a package thief made life hell for residents. Fortunately there was also some justice served: the Fair Oaks rapist of 2011 was sentenced to 373 years to life, the notorious bad neighbor and copper thief was sentenced to 3 years after "his" house was sold, and a brave local resident caught the package thief in action with some bear spray, a bokken and…some serious chutzpah. Huzzah!
 

 
#FirstWorldProblems …
In addition to crime, we had some whining too: The city installed an electric vehicle charging station at Walgreen's that prompted some outrage and a few cheers; Whole Foods had to close the parking lot for a nanosecond in August to resurface the pavement (the horror); and a few neighbors complained about the SFPD availing themselves of "entitled" parking spots. [It's parking folks, that's all.] Another hot button was the Noe Valley Town Square – which crossed the $430,000 fundraising mark in October (the last time there was an update - is it losing momentum?). 2012 was also the year that the outside world took note of the Google Bus phenom.

There Are Lots of Reasons to Celebrate...
We live in a beautiful neighborhood, in a beautiful city – with lots of cheer around us. Here's to a safe and prosperous 2013. Happy New Year, Noe Valley!

Letter: SFPD Abusing Parking Privileges?

A reader writes:

I am a Noe Valley Resident and lately have noticed how city police officers are to a certain extent abusing their privilege of no hassle parking to run errands while on the job. Last Friday, I was at the Korean restaurant and witnessed two police officers pull up and park their car in the bus stop section and came in for dinner. I understand the need to have the car close by in case they have an emergency but that seems like a bit too much leeway.

I am trying to understand if you folks would be willing to write something in this regard on the blog, I have pictures of the cops and their parking.

Abuse of power or necessary for effective police work? Is the Google Bus displaced? Does Robert Roddick know about this? Your (polite) thoughts in the comments, please.

NVV Sept 2012: 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 until the middle of the month.

September 2012

Front Page: Occupy Noe finds a toehold outside BofA; First Republic bank bails on 24th St - the space at 24th and Sanchez is for lease for $4,000 per month; local resident and pastry check Elizabeth Dekle struggles with Parkinson's and starts a support group and blog Eating for Life; preschool shopping begins now for next fall; Tuggey's is closed, former owner Denny Giovannoli says "I don't think I've ever been this happy... I was very fortunate to be able to walk away with a great retirement;" One Medical Group, a chain of SF-based private physician offices is moving in..
 
Letters: A reader and real estate broker writes that not all homes in Noe are selling like hotcakes: "Unless a home is both well priced (probably underpriced) and shows well, those overbids won't be happening."

Cost of Living in Noe: Average price for a single family home in Noe is now $1,548,000 - 32% higher than a year ago. Rents? $3,400 on the high side for a 1 bedroom.

Store Trek: Easy Breezy (4028 24th St.)

Rumors: Bob Roddick petition to increase parking attracts 816 signatures, SFMTA abandons plan to extend bus stop; A recap of Whole Foods' August parking lot madness; Noe Valley Town Square closes in on half a million in pledges; Mill is now open; DavidsTea will have a grand opening Sept 22; Bethany returns to its renovated Church on Sanchez - there will be open house on Sept 15; 24th Street makes Via Magazine's list of best window-shopping destinations; Joe's Cafe closing, new owners moving in; Noe Valley took 5 spots in 7x7's list of 100 things to do before you die; Jerry Brown visits James Lick; 24th Street beat cop Lorainne Lombardo is recovering from an injury on the job and Officer Lou Barberini is filling in; police Capt. Moser advises there have been alot of car thefts in Noe Valley with "the thieves looking for 1990 Hondas and Toyotas."

[The Noe Valley Voice]