This Week In Noe Valley: Blue Angels, Blood Moon, And…Hooters?

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

• In response to complaints about the Blue Angels [@linecook]
• SF waterfront land could be soaked by sea-level rise - could Noe Valley someday have waterfront property? [The Examiner]
• (Yes - Noe Valley could be seaside) [Burritojustice]
• Spotted in the Whole Foods parking lot #gogiants [naseisland]
• If you missed the blood moon eclipse this week because of fog, here’s what the rest of the world saw [NPR]
• The sunset and moon sightings were also spectacular [ericaaa_24 and berdim99 and ajvicems]
• Rumor or wishful thinking: Tartine coming to Noe Valley? [@NoeMom]
• Spotted: A permit for Hooters to replace Bliss Bar [@ErosRemini]
• Um, no [Uptown Almanac]
• SF Studios starts this week around the city [SFGate]
• Noeteca plans to open Mission Brasserie [Inside ScoopSF]
• Authors of Thug Kitchen cancel their NorCal (and Omnivore) engagement [SFist]

[Photo: More tolerable weather. Yay! anilla02]

This Week In Noe Valley: Bank Robbed Again, A Woman Attacked, And Wow Is It Hot!

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

• Clear hot nights = gorgeous sunrises [egundersen]
• Yep, it’s hot [bennie]
• Too hot for these pups [cms100]
• Africa hot (yes we know... go watch Biloxi Blues) [@NoeValleySF]
• ICYMI: New corner market gets a name: Bom Dia [NVSF]
• Woman attacked in Noe Valley at 26th and Dolores, shots were fired [SF Weekly]
• Bank robbed again at midday on 24th St [Mission Local]
• Even tech workers are getting squeezed by Noe Valley rents jumping from $3800 to $4700 in 2 years [WSJ]
• Contigo’s Brett Emerson is interviewed by Foodie Chap and shares a recipe [The Daily Meal]
• SF Chronicle endorses Scott Wiener for District 8 supervisor [Chron]
• Scott Wiener’s September newsletter [Scott Wiener]
• The Castro Street Fair is today – with wider sidewalks [Bay Area Reporter]

[Photo: Pretty spiders knucklesamwick]

NVV Oct 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.

October 2014

Front Page: Noe Valley Ministry will reopen in November; A must-read piece about the tech shuttle buses and the new routes that are outraging residents of 26th St and Duncan (other streets could be next); Harvest Fest (coming on Sat Oct. 18) turns 10 this year.

Letters: The mystery Alvarado tree pruner fesses up and defends his pruning of YOUR trees; A plug for Prop F and against Prop I; RIP Bruno, "a dog who loved food."

Cost of Living in Noe: A house on Fountain sells for $5.15 million; condos are moving briskly and average $1.1 million.

Rumors: 24 HoliDAYS celebration starts this year on Dec 1 with events through Christmas; The SFMTA has agreed to postpone bulbouts on 24th St until after the holidays; The former Joshua Simon spot will become Lazeez, a Middle-Eastern food spot that will serve shawarma, falafel, hummus and sandwiches - it will be operated by the owners of Savor and expects to open this spring; Shufat got a health score of 100 for its deli; Real Foods is still stalled; Whole Foods named James Lick Middle School the beneficiary of its Nickels for Non-Profits Program; Valley Tavern's limited entertainment license was approved for live music - and you can also catch buses to the 49ers games there; Elizabeth Street Brewery donated beer to this year's St. Philip Parish Festival; The steam-cleaning of streets on 24th St has some residents worried about water use during the drought (the NV CDA has an exception for water use); The Noe Valley Ministry is re-opening and throwing a party with local chefs; The construction on Mark Zuckerberg's $10 million house at 21st St and Fair Oaks is annoying neighbors - and just outside the Liberty Hill Historic District designation; The fortress-like home at 801 Sanchez which hasn't been occupied for 40 years has reportedly been sold for $10 million.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

New Healthy Corner Market Gets A Name: Bom Dia

The new corner market that's set to replace the former St. Paul's Market on Sanchez has a name and a launch date: It will be called Bom Dia (good morning in Portuguese - here's how to pronounce it) and is slated to open November 2014. The poster in the window promises beer, wine, coffee, grocery, deli, staples, local, international, organic and delicious. What's not to like? Locals are also asked to "Please send product recommendations to community@bomdiamarket.com." Also, they're hiring.

Construction inside is underway and there's been substantial progress in the last few weeks. Here's hoping it's open in time for last minute ingredient runs on Thanksgiving.

Read the full interview with the founder here.

This Week In Noe Valley: Earthquake Anniversary, Property Maps, And Harvest Is Coming

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

• Two Birds women’s clothing shop adds a shoe salon in upstairs area [Racked]
• 25th Anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake meeting at St. Philip – Tues 7pm [@SFHistoryBuffs]
• ESB Ale’s full beer selection at St. Philip Festival this weekend [esbale]
• La Nebbia is now on OpenTable [La Nebbia]
• Things getting (strangely) intense in one Noe Valley rental building [@KittRidley]
• Dog bowl bird bath at Whole Foods [dirtybullets]
• BJ Droubi offers a video tour of 530 28th Street – and sights around Noe [Cinematt]
• A map of median home values in SF: Noe Valley is $2M and that’s not the top [Curbed]
• Another map that lets you see how your property tax compares with your neighbor's [Curbed]
• Neighbors who live near Mark Zuckerberg on the edge of Noe Valley are not happy [SFGate]
• Worse than the noise, he's allegedly paying people to hoard parking [CBS Local]
• 10th annual Noe Valley Harvest Festival is coming Oct 18 [Noe Valley Harvest Festival]

[Photo: View of downtown SF from the deck via callanjb]

Five Years Later - Are Shuttle Buses Useful Or A Menace?

Since we first wrote about the controversial "Google bus" in 2009, the commuter lines have become a lightning rod around the Bay Area. The obvious benefit of the buses is fewer cars on the roads everyday. While there are no hard numbers that tells us just how many people would live so far from work if the bus wasn't an option, we're going to say less cars is a good thing. The negatives include disrupting existing public transit, bus traffic on roads not designated for their size, increased numbers of noisy diesel vehicles idling in the neighborhoods, an alarming number of them stuck on our hills... and the list goes on. For many they've also become a symbol of the haves and have nots.

Basically, those who ride them love them and those who don't ... don't.

Case in point: We received the video above from Scott Maddux showing a "typical morning in Noe Valley." It was taken this morning around the intersection of 26th and Noe Streets.

He writes, "I support the idea of the buses and efficient commuting but pick-ups and routing should be limited to major streets. These buses are clearly not designed for our residential neighborhoods and I think it's obvious that the current situation is unsustainable."

What do you think? Have things gotten better or worse since 2009?

[NVSF: Shuttle Buses: Useful or Menace?]
[Scott Maddux on YouTube: Noe Valley Tech Buses]

This Week In Noe Valley: Incomes Are Up, Sales Were Down During Burning Man, And iPhone 6s Have Landed

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

• At the current rate it would take 600 years and $3.6B to underground all the utility lines in SF [SocketSite]
• Incomes are up all over the city [SFist]
• Peekaboutique is still for sale [Racked SF]
• A "soulless Noe bunker" lists for $2.1M [Curbed]
• Kelly Crispin, founder of Elizabeth St. Cosmetics, talks her favorite potions and lotions [SF Gate]
• Noe Valley saw an 11.6% sales decline during Burning Man - according to Square data [Fortune]
• The iPhone 6s have landed [@zazazarah]
• Speaking of iPhones… Playwright James Wood scouts the modern coffee shop in Noe Valley – and the results are predictable [Sonoma Valley Sun]

[Photo: Neighborhood Watch via kermac]

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]