This Week in Noe Valley: A Rash of Crime, Holidays Calling and Billingsgate Opens for Real

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Man shot in cell phone robbery at Castro and Elizabeth [CBS Local]
• Sanchez St burglar arrested, wanted for prior homicide [Examiner]
• Open for real this time: Billingsgate opens and brings an ambitious new oyster bar and seafood counter to 24th St [SF Chronicle]
• Rain! [ABC7]
• Lehr’s German Specialities on Church St has old-world imported German stollen [Eater SF]
• Rents drop 35% in SF, Two Birds founder highlights the silver lining [Bloomberg]
• Chloe’s farewell note until the new owner’s take over [eyeofted]
• Meet Mike, the cat in Dorian D. Clair's clock shop on Sanchez [SFGate]
• The Tom & Jerry house is back in all its glory [photo_by_bill]

[Photo: Spotted on 24th Street via shaketini]

This Week in Noe Valley: Full Lockdown Returns – Let’s All Stay Home

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Between October 28 and November 26 Noe Valley reported 63 cases of Covid-19 [Mission Local]
• Most of California entering sweeping new lockdown [AP]
• Stay home. Save lives. [SF.gov]
• Fortunately we live in paradise (reason #57 to stay home) [@NoeValleySF]
• You got this [musikdog]
• December NVV highlights: Wedding dress shop to replace Cotton Basics, a new dog wash opens on Church [NVV]
• Local merchants sponsoring a raffle in December to encourage shopping local [NVMPA]

[Photo: Stay at home vibes via @tmsfphotography]

This Week in Noe Valley: Thanksgiving Approaches and the Lockdown Continues

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• SF’s We Will Recover initiative features Just for Fun [@BevanDufty]
• La Ciccia opens for backyard dining [@LaCicciaSF]
• An Australian eat-in chicken shop and wine bar coming soon to Noe Valley?! [goodfood]
• Luxury Noe Valley home sells for 2016 prices [Socketsite]
• 50 of the priciest US Zip codes are in the Bay Area (and 2 are in Noe Valley) [ABC7]
• November Noe Valley Voice previews holidays on 24th St [NVV]
• After rain, a rainbow [kucklesamwick]

[Photo: #takeout at Firefly #pandemiclife @FireflySF]

This Week in Noe Valley: Halloween Is Upon Us – and It’s Time to Vote

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Marvel superhero movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filming around SF including in Noe Valley [SF Examiner]
• Sadness: Tom of the Tom and Jerry Christmas house has died [SFGate via @shaketini]
• SF Halloween in the time of Covid-19 [SF Chronicle]
• Designer Halloween [tgottula]
• Pumpkin Halloween [suzlipman]
• Wacky Halloween [noevalleydogdad]

[Photo: Street art on 24th – VOTE via studioreneedecarlo]

This Week in Noe Valley: Slow Covid Times, Mask Required

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Supporting Bernie’s coffee shop in Covid times [@DavidLeeFT]
• Duncan is now officially a slow street [@slowerstreets]
• Zip codes donating the most to Biden (Noe Valley is one) [Newsweek]
• Noe Valley charm [swissandstylephotography]
• Mask required [@celesteasaurus]

[Photo via @slowerstreets]

This Week in Noe Valley: Blue Skies, Eating Parklets and Slow Streets, Oh My

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• 13 of 14 intersections on Sanchez are now well marked for Slow Streets – who are the grinches protesting the last one? [@slowsanchezsf]
• The Oct Noe Valley Voice highlights the gradual reopenings and eating parklets [NVV]
• The Lyon-Martin house at 651 Duncan to become an LGBTQ landmark [BAR]
• What Billingsgate’s crab sandwich will be like when they open (yum) [Eater SF]
• SF rents continue to drop [SocketSite]
• The Animal Company moves into the old Charlie’s Corner space [@shaketini]
• Café Noe extends hours on Fri-Sun to 7AM to 7PM [cafenoe]
• Random acts of kindness [marthasonchurch]
• Sign of the times [@CelticWombat]
• Gorgeous [daidainiu25]

[Photo: Eine Kleine Tagmusik via eyeofted] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 27 – Blue Skies Return

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Despite the virus and the fires, Bay Area homes hit new highs [SF Chronicle]
• Case in point: 756 sq foot house on Duncan sells for $2.25 million [SFGate]
• Little free pantry [musikdog]
• SF Covid cases are low across the city and only 5 per 1000 in Noe Valley [MissionLocal]
• Is Halloween cancelled this year?(Answer: Maybe) [SFist]
• Love + Hope [shisobastos]

[Photo: Fresh air intermezzo via mr_ottoh] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 26 (Half a Year) – The Time the Sky Was on Fire

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• The Apocalypse revealed itself this week in the Bay Area [Mandatory]
• The day the skies turned orange, the perils of climate change were impossible to ignore [Bloomberg]
• An eerie drone’s eye view of the orange haze over SF [The Verge]
• The science behind the orange skies [Wired]
• When the day was actually night - the mail carrier had to use a flashlight [@eweise]
• Eerie view of Noe Valley from Billy Goat hill [@nabil_recriter]
• Coming Sept 17: A combination oyster bar and seafood shop on 24th St. [SF Chronicle]
• Firefly is offering Rosh Hashanah specialties this year [JWeekly]
• A profile of local chocolatier David Upchurch [SFGate]
• Indoor businesses like hair salons, nail salons and gyms will be able to reopen next week [ABC7]
• Survey: Keep Sanchez St. slow [@slowsanchezsf]

[Photo: Red skies via @erik1966lutig] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 25 – It’s Hot, Hot, Hot

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• So Nancy Pelosi was in Noe Valley this week and had a thing [@SFChronicle]
• La Ciccia, still being amazing [@RafaelMandelman]
• The Sept Noe Valley Voice details how local merchants are coping with coronavirus [NVV]
• Shadows are getting longer [seenbymarky]
• Omnivore is partnering with Benne to offer indie restaurant meal pickup [@Omnivorebooks]

[Photo: Sanchez slow streets via sundaybloom_sf] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 23 – Fire Skies and So Much Smoke

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Northern California wildfires: How to help fire victims and firefighters [Merc]
• Saru massively expands outdoor dining [@theoverheadwire]
• Support our amazing local bookstores [@omnivorebooks]
• The Irreplaceables: Mapping lost landmarks across the Bay Area [SF Chronicle]
• Hazy shade of summer [howardblecher]
• End times [dandiemann]
• Fireball in the sky [denomarcum]
• Ash [@mstreshinsky]
• PSA: The J Church returns this weekend [@F6x]
• Sutro in excelsis [@jeffreytumlin]
• Save the USPS Noe Valley [@shaketini]

[Photo: Smokey skies over Noe via @bats123] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 9,547 – Crazy Weather

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Douglas closing at the end of August (and future plans) [NVSF]
• Saru adds outdoor parklet dining [NVSF]
• Most Sundays: Tiny porch concert at 2pm [slowerstreets]
• Support your local post office with stamps from Noe Valley artist Ruth Asawa [@ktwiss5]
• Church Produce is open! [@jrizzo]
• Lightning strikes twice over the Bay [@joenewsman]
• Yep, heatwave means rolling blackouts [KQED]
• Fogust – please come back [arubinstein_]
• Wild skies [thestevebayes]

[Photo: Thunder, lightning! via @NegativeTilt] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 21 – Post Mo Bills, Church Produce Reopening

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• A little bit of good news: Church Produce is reopening soon @SFjkdineen]
• Another bright spot: Noe Café expands into a parklet [NVSF]
• As the pandemic drags on, so does damage to SF small businesses [SF Chronicle]
• SF Businesses say a sad, quiet goodbye as chance of economic rebound disappears [SF Chronicle]
• On the flip side:  The skin-care Line Monastery’s swanky new Noe Valley spa [NYTimes]
• Looking almost normal in Noe Valley, but not [ambika]
• Beautiful fish mosaic comes to life at Billingsgate [shaketini]
• A rebellion is underway in tranquil Noe Valley [@DaveLeeFT]
• The artist reveal [ryanodonell]
• The Bills annotated [howard_fallon]

[Photo: Post mo bills via nakoeth] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 20 – A Closing, A Mugging and Much Dining Al Fresco

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• 62- year old woman mugged in broad daylight at 30th and Church [SF Examiner]
• An updated Edwardian home goes for the same price as in 2015 [SocketSite]
• It’s true: Charlie’s Corner closes forever [@Hoodline]
• Firefly pivots and offers takeout at last [NVSF]
• Sidewalk pizza on Church St [bernalheights_pizzeria]
• Lupa Trattoria offers socially distanced patio dining [CBS Local]
• Music everywhere [@GregChase]
• Noe Cafe adds beer, wine and aperol spritz to the sidewalk patio [Noe Café]
• New local bike gang [eyeofted]

[Photo: Sidewalk concert in Noe Valley via pensypreppy] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 19 - A State of Stasis

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Beautiful and poignant profile of ex-Noe Valley resident an art great Ruth Asawa [NY Times]
• The artist leaving the bookmarks in the free libraries in the neighborhood [so_i_started_painting]
• Charlie’s Corner a casualty of the pandemic? [@catherineb415]

[Photo: Together art on 24th Street via merridthj] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 18 - Slow Streets Expanding

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Slow streets coming to Duncan and Noe Streets [SFMTA]
• SF Covid hospitalizations are spiking [SF Chronicle via @jachristian]
• 24th St is becoming a popup art installation [WeAreTogetherSF]
• Is there really a pandemic exodus from SF? And other real estate Qs answered [SF Examiner]
• July/August Noe Valley Voice (ed note: it’s amazing what changes in 2 weeks) [NVV]
• Masks: Yup, even kids can wear them [sarahromontoya]

[Photo: The Jacarandas in the neighborhood are gorgeous right now via valeriehilliard] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 17 – Summer Daze

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• VIP Scrub Club closing Church St location [@F6x]
  
• Pink nights [caviarcubsf]
  
• Farewell pink triangle [@chrismichel]
  
• Rent in Noe Valley is dropping, but only by 1% (vs +11% in the whole city) [SFGate]
  
• There's a slight deceleration in the sale of luxury homes, maybe [Mission Local]
  
• Local musician has a new release: Boys of Summer [Guitar Girl Magazine]
  
• Happy news: Billingsgate opening soon [@NoeValleySF]

[Pandemic life via mr_ottoh] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 15 - Pride Week Begins

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• An etiquette guide to dining in a pandemic (Hey Bernie’s people, wear a mask) [Eater]
  
• Pasta Gina was just the beginning – the New Yorker on our ghost kitchen future [New Yorker]
  
• New pandemic mural in front of Noe Valley Wine Co [thetracypiper]
  
• +11% in Covid cases in SF this week – wear a mask [@lmc]
  
• Another pandemic restaurant casualty: ICHI Sushi on the edge of Noe closes forever [@ICHISUSHI]
• The pink triangle glows bright for it’s 25th anniversary #pride [SFist]

[The pink triangle glows bright via miguel3sf] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 13 – Lots of Closings and a Few Openings

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Rabat clothing store and Cotton Basics are closing forever [NVSF]
• 24 Hour Fitness closing 10 Bay Area gyms including Fit Lite on 24th St [CBS Local]
• Noe Café on Sanchez is open at last! [Eater]
• Outdoor dining now allowed in SF and Bacco is one of the first to offer sidewalk seating [KRON4]
• PSA – Upper Noe Rec Center and dog run are open [@F6x]
• Gallery of Jewels GoFundMe for recent looting [GoFundMe]
• Sign of the times [frankedonsf]
• How many weren’t filmed [photo_by_bill]
• 24th St mural over boarded Gallery of Jewels [seenbymarky]
• Tag on boarded up locksmith on 24th [cinezinekane]

[Shining city view via wscottgreninger] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 11

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Chloe’s is open for takeout [cruzcal]
• So is Toast [pendervision]
• And Vive la Tart is offering it’s tacros [HyperFlyer]
• The Liberties is open for takeout now too [theliberties]
• Folio Books’s dutch door is open for curbside pickup [foiliosf]
• Wise Son’s owners are Noe residents and are opening a new delivery kitchen [SFGate]
• Sadness: Rabat appears to be closing? [@catherine415]
• Reminder: Face coverings are now required when leaving the house [@SFTIDA]
• But don’t wear this mask [@rsegalman]
• Due to Covid exposure, Baron’s is closed and hopes to reopen safely on Monday [Baronsmeats]
• Noe Valley Whole Foods employee tests positive for Covid [@MLNow]
• Drama skies all week [blizzzz1]
• Weather vanes of Noe Valley [bsquaredsf]
• Gorgeous neighborhood shots [@CelticWombat]
• Flowers everywhere [caritodemicorazon]

[Flags via w.p.reibel] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Coronavirus Lockdown Week 10

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs as we all weather the coronavirus fallout. Wear a mask, wash your hands, don't touch your face and stay safe out there, Noe Valley.

• Beautiful new poppy mural at 23rd and Eureka [native.sf31]
• We are in this together [shaketini]
• Social distancing circles have arrived overnight (like crop circles) in parks [@sullyfoto]
• New slow streets on Sanchez are awesome [@sfmta_muni]
• Another local hit and run in the absence of speed humps [@NoeValleySF]
• Neighbors hosting a Zoo-m meeting. Get it? [@taussig]
• Pop-up window mask museum on 22nd and Sanchez [@SFHeritage]
• Supes close a loophole that allows little houses to be demolished for mega mansions [SFGate]
• How SF businesses like Just for Fun are adapting to curbside pickup [KRON4]
• Cool project showing SF historical photos on telephones for then and now effects [SFGate]
• What’s behind some of those Victorian façades [Wallpaper]

[Candy-colored houses via sf.beforesunset]