SF News Lightning Strike Blows Out Transformers in Noe Valley About 100 households lost power in Noe Valley last night when a freak lightning strike took out five transformers near 24th and Hoffman Streets. Some of you who were awake around 1 a.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink O'Greenbergs, Billed As The 'Only Bar On Dolores,' Sold After a staggering 40 years in the business of getting locals properly lit, Noe Valley's O'Greenbergs has been sold. Owner Richard Greenberg has decided that, at the age of 80, it's high time
SF News Photo: Large Naked Woman Stomps On Car In Noe Valley [NSFW] A woman described as "heavyset" and naked except for her shoes was pulled off the J-Church line on Tuesday morning, and while cops and medical personnel were evaluating her near the intersection of
SF News Scene From A Golden Hydrant In 1906, the Golden Hydrant at 20th and Church Street helped save parts of the Mission District after fires broke out following the Great Quake. Awarded the SF Weekly Best-Of prize in 2007,
SF News Dream House Gets Drastic Price Cut The lovely folks at Curbed have word that the famous 815 Alvarado Street house in Noe Valley, the Dream House for the Yerba Buena Center's popular annual auction, is on the market. And
SF News Noe Valley Wells Fargo Robbed? Although SFPD has yet to confirm the story -- we called them and they're still "busy with last night's World Series chaos" -- word is that the Wells Fargo Bank in Noe Valley
SF News NIMBY Watch: Pavement to Parks Program Ends With Parklet Approvals in Noe Valley, North Beach You may recall that brouhaha in Noe Valley over the possibility of a street closure to create a pedestrian plaza? Well, the Pavement to Parks Program sponsored by the City has closed up
SF News Mildly Entertaining Shouting Erupts at Noe Valley Plaza Meeting "This will make news if we have to call cops to a meeting in Noe Valley," Supervisor Bevan Dufty told the cranky audience at last night's Noe Valley plaza meeting. Yes, people lost
SF News Psst, More Sunday Streets Means More Money for Merchants Inspired by the cyclovia program in Bogotá, Colombia, Sunday Streets, San Francisco's car-free experiment, has been well-received since it kicked off in 2008. But how are local businesses affected by this aggressive car-lessness?
SF News NIMBY Watch: Noe Valley Merchants Want to Be YIMBYs; Ike's Neighbors Willing to Settle... for $1M! There's a roaring battle afoot between the Noe Valley Merchants and Professionals Association who came out in support of the Pavements to Parks initiative to create a trial parklet at 24th and Noe
SF News Thieves Steal Bikes, Car From Noe Valley Garage Oh brother, how brazen. Last night a thieves broke into the garage of a Stephen Fox's Noe Valley home, stealing two bikes and (far worse) a 2003 Acura RSX. According to his personal
Arts & Entertainment Kids' Pajama Party Tonight at Cover to Cover Booksellers This is a cute idea! In honor of Noe Valley Celebrates the Book Week, Cover to Cover Booksellers (1307 Castro St) is hosting an hour-long Pajama Party geared toward 3- to 8-year-olds this
SF News Tell Bevan Dufty You Want a Public Plaza In Noe Valley When your Editor lived in the Historic Mission District for many, many years, it was a lot to take. Not standing in line Bugaloos, asking for the whereabouts of the closest American Apparel,
SF News To Vaccinate Or Not To Vaccinate? So it seems even folks in the more wealthy, educated quarters of our fair city can succumb to superstition. The proprietors at the More Mojo clinic are throwing in their lot with the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Get Your Meat On at Drewes Brothers Butchers Pulled from the Glen Park Parents Board mailing list, we came across this urgent plea for help. See, the recently opened Whole Foods is hurting small meat business Drewes Brothers Meats, located in
SF News Breaking: Twitter Founder Sells Home, Buys Home The fine folks over at Curbed reported yesterday that Twitter co-founder Evan Williams (heretofore known as @ev) sold his SOMA penthouse (going for a scant $1,498,000) on Fourth Street. You know,
SF News Noe Valley Whole Foods Opens Today, Controversy Ensues The grand opening of San Francisco's fifth Whole Foods is happening right this very second over at 3950 24th Street in Noe Valley. Supervisor Bevan Dufty will be there to cut the tape.
SF News Man Found Along the J-Church Line Dies This morning, a 58-year-old man died "after being found between a curb and San Francisco Municipal Railway light-rail tracks" at Church Street at 22nd Street a little after 9 a.m. This resulted
SF News Fire In Noe Valley Eye On Blogs' Brittney Gilbert caught images of a fire burning in Noe Valley this morning. Anyone in the area know what's going on? We'll update as soon as we find out more.
SF News Power Outage Hits Mission, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, Diamond Heights According to Emergency_In_SF, "Power is sill out to 5,300+ customers in Mission & Noe Districts, Diamond Heights and Upper Market..." Most harrowing of all, SFist Deborah almost missed out on
SF News Read This: Noe Valley Buzz Always on the hunt for neighborhood blogs -- although, let's face it, none can compare to Mission Mission -- we must tell you about Noe Valley Buzz. Created by Tricia Tulipano and Amber
misc Terrifying Noe Valley Shack on the Market Found over at It's Lovely! I'll Take It (via redfin), check out the sweet Noe Valley pad you can call your own for a cool $738,000. Mention you were raped and murdered
misc Blocker: 4000 24th St. Exploring San Francisco through the lens of city blocks, Blocker is a regular series by Charles Hodgkins. Look for it on SFist every other Wednesday, around the lunching hour. View the map of
misc More Old Signage Uncovered Once again, someone tore down a bitch of a wall and discovered even more old-time signage. (First bacon, now bourbon? What in heaven's name went on in this city back then?) This time