This Week in Noe Valley: The J Church Is Slow, Sister Act Reminiscing, and Noe Valley Homes Are a Bad Investment

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

• Fun thread with stories around Sister Act and the slumification of Noe Valley [@peterhartlaub]
• “[The J Church] isn't my favorite, because I like getting to work on time,” says Jeffrey Tumlin, SFMTA’s new transit director (plus some other gems) [@JanPaul123]
• SFMTA wants to speed up the J Church line (hallelujah) [The Bay Area Reporter]
• Noe Valley has one of the most expensive zip codes in the country [@SFGate]
• Noe Valley is also the #2 worst place to invest in real estate right now [Business Insider]
• Your pet armadillo can't poop in the Noe Valley streets [@gnusosa]
• Noe Valley Wine Walk returns Dec. 7 [idkevents]

[Photo: Beautiful doorway via oldsoulhomes]

This Week in Noe Valley: New SFMTA Head Lives Here, Aster Closed, Seafood Love for La Ciccia

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

• New head of SFMTA is a longtime Noe Valley resident [StreetsBlogSF]
• More on new SFMTA head Jeffrey Tumlin’s plan to fix Muni and BART [SF Chronicle]
• FUF is offering live holiday trees again [@SFUrbanForester]
• Nov Noe Valley Voice: Among the previously unreported stories - the Whole Foods “pick a number device” is broken at the meat counter [NVV]
• The stories behind vintage SF firehouses (Noe Valley has several) [SFGate]
• La Ciccia makes chef’s top seafood in SF lists [Bloomberg]
• Michelin-starred Aster is officially closed – For Lease sign in the window :( [Yelp]
• It’s a jungle out there [juliegeb]
• Beautiful, steep [carosain]
• Beautiful night [@bats123]

[Photo: Fog via ninadietzel]

This Week in Noe Valley: Halloween 2019 and Baron’s Meats Adds Produce

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

• Patxi’s closed briefly for failed health inspection - now reopened [Hoodline]
• Scenes from this year’s Halloween on 24th St [olivethisolivethat, carosain and FolioSF]
• The most SF Halloween costume spotted this week [@sarahfieldberg]
• Office hours with the police at Noe Valley Starbucks on Nov 7 [@SheriffSF]
• Baron’s Meats adding organic produce starting Nov 4 - could mitigate loss of Church Produce [baronsmeatssf]

[Photo: Halloween on Fair Oaks via bissignette]

This Week in Noe Valley: Fire Skies and Sadness, the IPO Wave and Halloween Arrives

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

• Eerie light – thinking about all those people up north [lawatt]
• For those not in direct line of fire, here are ways to help [@Scott_Wiener]
• There are mews in Noe Valley [@JoeNobodyCares]
• San Francisco properties, especially Noe Valley, boosted by the IPO wave [Financial Times]
• The price of cardboard has collapsed and is dragging local small businesses down with it [Hoodline]
• Halloween in Noe Valley [sffob]

[Photo: Fire sky via joannepruees]

This Week in Noe Valley: Scary Assaults, Church Produce and Charlie’s Corner Close

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

• Scary: Two assaults on 26th and Jersey – including video [NBC Bay Area]
• Group of men wearing Halloween masks and carrying baseball bats chase commuters [Bay Area Reporter]
• Church Produce received eviction notice [@nelson]
• Rumor is all staff were let go [@bcwheeler]
• Charlie’s Corner bookstore closing on Nov 8 [Charlie’s Corner]
• 4.5 quake felt across the hood [@daya_baran]
• No love for Zuck in Noe Valley [@jimstinnett]
• Doors of distinction [juliegeb]
• Colorful alley [bleee_bleee]
• Peakier Noe Valley [@AGSpinelli]

[Photo: Why we live here via seantimberlake] 

This Week in Noe Valley: $1500 Month Doggy Daycare Closing, Inle Burmese Arrives, and Other Oct Happenings

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

• The $1,500-per-month doggy daycare in Noe Valley is closing, 6 months after it launched [@oliviasolon]
• Inle Burmese restaurant menu [@courtneySF]
• And reviews on Yelp
• Town Square Tuesday night for Fleet Week [@NoeValleySF]
• Noe Valley startup One Medical is set to IPO [SF Business Times]
• Our beautiful neighborhood [daidainiu]
• Douglas Café is hosting pop-ups [yakitoritoriman]
• Trolley Dancers and Spooktacular coming to the Town Square [Noe Valley Town Square]

[Photo: Amos Goldbaum Mural via sarahromontoya] 

This Week in Noe Valley: Whole Foods Protest, Earthquake Jolt, and Church Produce Closed for Remodel

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

• Oct Noe Valley Voice is here (preview: Doggy Style closing, new restaurants coming) [NVSF]
• Animal activists chain themselves to Whole Foods and protest [SFGate]
• Video of the animal activists [@jenniferdances]
• 30 detained in the protest [CBS Local]
• Celebrate Noe Valley history at Folio books: Bill Yenne – Oct 9 at 6:30pm [foliosf]
• Old school Mitchell’s Ice Cream [@bernie411]
• Church St Produce on 30th is closed briefly for remodeling [NVSF]
• It's called "Noe Valley" but there's a huge hill in the middle of it. No one discusses this [@huge_reality]
• Earthquake jolt [@liammayclem]
• Epic sunset this weekend [jillywilly]
• Halloween is coming [eyeofted]
• Wild and wonderful backyard art [kj_kohlmeyer]
• Mahila and Azalina chef [womenschefalliance]
• Reminder: Blue Angels are flying this week [ABC7]

[Photo: Noe Valley Whole Foods Protest via SFGate]

NVV October 2019: 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.

October 2019

Front Page: The J Church line is notoriously unreliable; Reliving the 1989 Loma Prieta quake in Noe Valley; The Town Square before it was a Town Square (spoiler: it was a gas station and auto shop in the 70s and then a church parking lot in the 90s).

Letters: A neighbor suggests the sidewalks of 24th St are beautiful and well kept - but shouldn't be power-washed so often.

Cost of Living in Noe Valley: The average price of a single-family home in Noe Valley is $2.8 million.

Store Trek: Toci Wellness, 816 Diamond at 24th St.

Short Takes: New lights are being added to the Town Square to make it more festive and safer; a lighting ceremony will happen on October 26 at 6:30pm. Spooktacular, a Halloween celebration is back for the third year on Sunday October 27 and on Halloween, October 31.

Rumors and Tidbits: The makers of The Last Black Man in San Francisco will be showing their semi-autobiographical film as a benefit for Video Wave, which they fear is “the Last Video Store in San Francisco” on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Noe Valley Ministry. The Noe Valley Girls Film Festival was a huge success. Doggy Style is closing by the end of the year and DS owner and NVMPA president Rachel Swann wants to open a wine bar. Toast on 24th is closed thanks to a lease expiration and pending seismic retrofit. Chez Marius is closed. The former Le Cupboard space on Church St will become a new restaurant called Inle Burmese and should open Oct 8. Pomelo on Church St is closed (see full note here). Also on Church, the former storefront for Curator will become Delights by Lisa offering fresh baked sweets by a Noe Valley native. Readings at Charlie's Corner will no longer be free; they cost $10 (!) per child and $5 for siblings. Shoe Biz is closed. A psychic is back on 24th St. And animal rights activists protested at Whole Foods.

[The Noe Valley Voice]