Noe Valley / Burglary: A thief broke into a home near Dolores and 27th Street late last week and made off with $138,000 in jewelry and gold Mexican coins. That's a lot of pesos. [Examiner]

Mission / Mugging: A "punk" pepper-sprayed a 34-year-old woman around 8 p.m. Monday night and snatched her purse near the 900 block of Shotwell. No arrests have been made. [Examiner]

Balboa Terrace: A gun-toting robber ripped off a cafe near the corner of Ocean Avenue and Junipero Serra Blvd. last night and took off with a bunch of cash from the register. [Examiner]