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: #Hellastorm Wreaks Havoc, The Smallest Apartment In SF, And Bom Dia Opens

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

• Lots and lots of rain #SFStorm [scrupps and @Mabari_News]
• Also lots of flooding #stormageddon [@F6x]
• #Hellastorm knocks out power in Noe Valley [@thelbane]
• Pretty sure you couldn't flood Umpqua with a fire hose... [@alexdavidhenry]
• People waiting in line in the rain for the new Ambiance store opening [AmbianceSF]
• The rain also eroded developer profits at 90 Jersey St [@NoeValleySF]
• Bom Dia Market on Sanchez at 29th opens to nice reviews [Inside Scoop and Zagat]
• Rents in SF rose 13.5% in 2014 – and Noe Valley is up 29% [SFist]
• The smallest apartment for rent in SF is in Noe Valley: 216 sq/ft for only $1425 a month [Curbed]
• La Nebbia celebrates 1 year today [@LaCicciaSF]
• The owner's of Wise Sons Deli (and Noe Valley residents) talk latkes, kugel and mandelbrot [SFGate]
• Menorah lightings around the Bay Area including one in Noe Valley on Dec. 21 [JWeekly]
• And of course, locals are devoted to saving the native (and vocal) Chorus frogs [Bay Nature]

[Photo: Sunrise over the city, view from Noe Valley via San Francisco News]

This Week In Noe Valley: Sutro Love, Burners Bug Out, And The Power Outage Explained

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

• Sutro Tower: From Eyesore to Icon – awesome historic video [Exploratorium]
• Spotted at Whole Foods Noe Valley: Camel’s milk for $24.99 per bottle [brettb]
• If you’re wondering why you can park this weekend and brunch spots are empty: Burning Man is on [@cowperthewait]
• Want a job at Google? You might want to consider going to Burning Man too [SFGate]
• The commute from Noe Valley to the new Levi’s Stadium? Under an hour… [@JoeArellano]
• Has your neighborhood become upscale? A gentrification quiz and article reprint from 1985 (croissant shops! fern bars!) [Inside Scoop]
• Op ed: Are children parasites on cities’ finances? [StreetsblogSF]
• Monday’s mass power outage was due to “underground equipment failure” [SFAppeal]
• Noe Valley tech entrepreneur Jim Greer is putting his money into fixing dark politics [SFGate]
• The least expensive home in Noe Valley [SFGate]
• From $1.4M four years ago to $2.3M today [SocketSite]
• And a listing touting the “outskirts of Noe Valley” [SocketSite]
• Visitors are loving our little village on Instagram [thx nopalzin, oysterearth, suziefoo, frishchmilch]

[Photo: #streetsofsf by yo_avery]

Noe Valley Power Outages

Neighbors have reported multiple power outages in Noe Valley over the last month. We're curious: is the power going out more often than the historical norm or does Twitter magnify small outages? Here are examples of some Tweets from the last few days:

@noevalleysf @rle Electrical pole fire on 27 street takes the power out for neighborhood. PGE said that it was caused by fog
— Curtis Smolar (@csmolar) May 26, 2013

@noevalleysf is there public data on power outages in SF? My power on Clipper has been out for 3 hours in the last month.
— Nelson Minar (@nelson) May 24, 2013

@noevalleysf 4 power outages this month in Noe.Each take out several recessed lightbulbs. Today's killed our Tivo/XFinity/TV set-up. FAIL
— Rebecca Eisenberg (@rle) May 28, 2013

Yet another power outage in Noe Valley #SF - actually a brownout, grid at 66.0v
— Jim Constantine (@jgc94131) May 28, 2013

PG&E tracks current outages, but as far as we can tell doesn't make public data on power outage trends by neighborhood. So we're asking for your input - send us reports of power out within Noe Valley via email or Twitter and we'll map all data. Maybe there's a trend we can talk to PG&E about.

[NVSF: Map of Noe Valley Power Outages]
[PG&E: Outage Map]

This Week in Noe Valley: Mystery Blackout, La Nebbia Love, And Honor For Victims Of Violent Crime

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

• Omnivore's May newsletter wants you to learn how to cook [Omnivore]
• A $780,000 shack is reincarnated as a $3.1M home with a cottage [California Home & Design]
• More La Nebbia love from the interwebs [Zagat]
• The garden tour is coming May 11 [FONV]
• Hog and Rocks chef moves to Potrero and misses Noe Valley – a lot [7x7]
• Yellow is the "it" color of the moment for Noe dining rooms [Home Design Lover]
• Total blackout in Noe Valley for 13 minutes on Thursday night – confusion ensues [@rsarvar, @KristinHenry]
• Victims of the 24th St rapist honored by DA Gascon for their courage in testifying against assailant [SF Appeal]

[Photo: Campoy83]

It's Windy! Mother Nature and MUNI Mix It Up On Church St

If your wait for the J Church seems longer than usual today, it's not your imagination. The wind downed a tree on Church St. just north of 24th St and the carnage has disrupted trains for hours. As of this writing, trains were still not running and buses had to detour around that stretch of Church.

Enormous tree just crashed right in front of home. J-Church MUNI & electrical are down. Ooky-strange-surreal day. twitter.com/aprilrinne/sta…
— April Rinne (@aprilrinne) April 15, 2013

Incidentally, it's the same set of trees that caused this MUNI backup and power outage last May.

If you're headed outside, hang on to your hat and watch for falling branches. The winds are expected to die down tonight.

Lightning Strike Shuts Off Noe Valley Power

Anyone else jump out of bed just after 1am this morning following a loud explosion? Turns out lightning took out 5 transformers near 24th and Hoffman Streets, cutting off power to about 100 PG&E customers. A very dramatic hail storm followed, and then silence a minute or so later. (An odd storm in many ways for this part of the country.)

Power is expected to be on by 11am. No other damage has been reported.

[ABC7:  Storm Knocks Out Power In Noe Valley]
[Photo: @amyhollyfield]