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THE NOE VALLEY VOICE Family to Dedicate New Mural Honoring Lost Loved Ones Father, Daughter, and Artist Re-Create Shrine on Comerford By Matthew S. Bajko

or six years, anyone walking up Com- Ferford Street, an alley that runs between Church and Sanchez streets in Noe Valley, would come upon a beautiful mural on the wall of a garage depicting a woman seated on the branch of an apple tree. Joining her amongst the white blossoms were her two young daughters.. To the right was a bicycle leaning against the trunk of an apple tree. And in the background was a mountain range, with the sun setting behind one of the peaks. The orchard scene, painted by mural- ist Amanda Lynn in the summer of 2010, Comfort on Comerford Alley. Howard Fallon and daughter Shane view a new mural commemorating their deceased family members and a included the woman’s name, Julee, and village in Nepal their foundation has been helping for the past six years. Photo by Beverly Tharp that of one of her daughters, Kendra. The two girls sported elf-like ears, a signature unseen in the mural’s bucolic imagery. which her doctors removed, but in 2006 feature of Lynn’s murals at the time. The owner of the property, Howard the cancer reemerged in her bones and in- Rat Poisons Killed If one looked closely at the right shoul- Fallon, had commissioned Lynn to create ternal organs. der of the younger of the two girls, they the mural in memory of his wife, Julee Lynn met with Howard, Kendra, and Coyote Found in would have noticed a butterfly figure Pygin, who had died at home in Novem- Kendra’s older sister, Shane, as she worked with a red heart on its wing. It was a hid- ber of 2008 at the age of 52. In 2001 she Douglass Park den symbol hinting of the tragic events had developed cancer in her thyroid, CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 Tests Uncover Four Substances Banned for Consumer Use Local Stylist Organizes Free Services for Hospitalized Kids By Matthew S. Bajko Hairdressers United Behind children who were inpatients there. Was makes them happy at that moment.” n what wildlife officials say is a first, a Their Founder, Bette Roman Roman free to help out? Her answer was If she weren’t available to head over to Inecropsy of a dead coyote found in Noe a definite yes. the hospital, she’d ask friends if they Valley’s Douglass Park confirmed the fe- By Olivia Boler Soon after, Roman, who these days could fill in for her. And that’s how her male canid died from ingesting rat poi- works as a master stylist at Salon Mio nonprofit, United Hairdressers of San sons. t all started over a decade ago with a Mio on Castro near 24th Street, was on Francisco, got started. “It was a simple re- The carcass of the young and otherwise Iquestion from Bette Roman’s boss at call to help out with patients. quest, and it grew on its own,” she says. healthy coyote was discovered in Febru- the Union Square salon where she was a “Some of the kids had dreadlocks that Roman, 60, is a mother to two sons and ary near the upper border of the park, hairstylist. Her boss’s best friend, a had to be cut off,” she says. “They’re can- a grandmother to four granddaughters along Diamond Heights Boulevard. Its neonatal nurse at UCSF on Parnassus Av- cer survivors or transplant kids. Actually, and one grandson. She knows what it’s liver tested positive for four different enue, was helping the hospital’s Child I don’t ask what’s wrong. I just focus on like to be a parent and caregiver. So, she types of rat poison—all of which are ille- Life Services Department by looking for the kids getting whatever their wish is. decided to offer her services to the pa- gal for non-professional use in California, volunteer stylists to cut the hair of some Their hair or their makeup—whatever tients’ parents, too. She also asked friends said wildlife officials. who do nails or makeup if they could vol- “This is the first confirmed actual death unteer their time and services. where we know, based on lab tests, that “The parents need a little pick-me-up,” this animal died to exposure of several ro- she says. “Caring for a sick child—it’s denticides,” Alison Hermance, the direc- such a burden. I was trying to figure out tor of communications at San Rafael- a way to serve the parents.” based WildCare, told the Voice. About three years ago, she reached out The agency has been testing coyote to Ronald McDonald House, which pro- carcasses since 2006, and thus has been vides housing for families whose criti- able to document that the mesopredators cally ill children are being treated, and are widely exposed to rat poisons. But un- whose permanent residence is at least 50 til this year, WildCare had never been miles outside of the city. San Francisco able to pinpoint the cause of death to the has two houses, one on Scott Street near toxic substances. Japantown, and the other in the UCSF Be- “It is somewhat unusual for a large an- nioff Children’s Hospital Mission Bay imal to actually die of rat poisoning,” said campus, which opened in 2015. She of- Hermance. fered to help there, too. The coyote’s necropsy report showed Her friend Wes Brown of Beauty So- it died from massive internal bleeding due lutions donates free samples of shampoos to rat poisoning. Since each brand of and conditioners. Roman is hoping to find commercially available rat poison only an expert volunteer to offer some mas- carries one of the available rodenticide sage therapy. compounds, WildCare surmised that the “A shoulder rub and hand massage— coyote must have eaten rats poisoned if someone wants to donate a little time from at least four different sources. there, it’s a great way to do some good, The agency said it was impossible to Brightening Smiles. Stylist Bette Roman (right) helps young Tiffany Allison and her mom Friday Forever brighten up in preparation for a prom. Photo by Olivia Boler CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 2 The Noe Valley Voice • May 2017

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populations,” stated Kelle Kacmarcik, di- use rodenticides, they don’t realize there to eat it,” she said. “They are not going to Coyote Killed by rector of advocacy at WildCare. are “a lot of unintended consequences,” leave it lying around.” In announcing the test results in late added Macintyre, pointing out that not Hermance said that 76 percent of the More Than One March, WildCare noted that most urban only do coyotes eat the mice and rats that animals that WildCare tests “eat rodents Kind of Poison coyote deaths are caused by cars. But x- have ingested the rodenticides, but so do running around with rat poisons in their rays and a postmortem exam at WildCare hawks, owls, and other animals. system.” CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 showed that the coyote found in the park However, both she and Kessler Effects on Other Wildlife had no external injuries. stressed that neighborhood dogs, since determine the exact source of the poisons. “The fact that a coyote ate enough poi- For 10 years Noe Valley resident Janet they don’t normally eat rats, are not as The San Francisco Recreation and Park De- soned rats that it actually killed her says Kessler has been photographing the local vulnerable. People who let their cats roam partment, under its integrated pest man- there is a tremendous amount of rat poi- coyote population and writing about them free, they said, should be more worried agement policy, doesn’t use rat poisons in son out there,” said Hermance. “It shows on her blog coyoteyipps.com. Nick- about rodenticides, since cats are apt to the city’s parks, including Glen Canyon, how much rat poison is being used in that named the “coyote lady,” Kessler is also ingest mice or rats. Douglass, and Christopher parks, so the area and how it is a danger to other wildlife.” one of the contributors to the website Keep Garages Clean coyote likely collapsed in the park while Coyotecoexistence.com, which informs Ignorance of State Ban it was walking through the area. urban dwellers how to live with Canis la- One of the easiest ways to deal with ro- Regulations enacted by the state of According to the California Depart- trans as well as how to deal with rodents dents, said Hermance, is to keep one’s California in 2014 restrict the use of the ment of Fish and Wildlife, many home- without using rodenticides. garage clean. Homeowners should also most toxic anticoagulant rodenticides to owners may still have rat poisons they “We are desperately trying to stop it,” make sure there are lids on their garbage only licensed pest control operators. bought prior to the enactment of the state said Kessler, who had been alerted to the cans and they are firmly closed. They Shopping centers, large housing develop- ban in their garages or basements, and coyote found in Douglass Park by a friend should not put pet food outside and ments, and other property owners often some may continue to use them around and reported it to WildCare. “The bad should sweep up under bird feeders. hire pest control companies that will use their properties. Every spring, the agency thing is that I know some people don’t As for coyotes, Kessler said they the lethal substances. issues a warning about the poisons’ usage care and all they care about is getting rid should be left alone. If a person encoun- The wildlife officials concluded that and encourages homeowners to contact of the rat. It is cheaper to use rat poison ters one, they should just walk away, she the coyote must have died because resi- facilities that will properly dispose of pes- than spending $2,000 to plug up holes in said. dents or local businesses in the neighbor- ticides containing the active ingredients your home.” “We have to let them remain wild,” she hoods surrounding the park are hiring brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethia - If people are concerned about the en- said. pest control operators. Either that or con- lone, or difenacoum. vironment, said Kessler, they need to stop For more information about alternative sumers are illegally using rodenticides. “I think letting people know is defi- using rodenticides. In addition to coyotes methods of controlling pests, visit “These poisons are everywhere, and nitely half the battle,” said Kirsten Mac- and birds, raccoons and skunks also are www.wildlife.ca.gov/Living-with-Wild- ironically, they are killing the very ani- intyre, a spokeswoman for the department. unwittingly consuming the rat poisons. life /Rodenticides and www.wildcareba- mals nature provides to control rodent When homeowners or property owners “If they catch a rodent, they are going yarea.org/rodenticide. Ⅲ

and jokes that they might include “fried Town Square All kale and tofu on a stick, a dog-latte- stroller relay race, and a dunk tank” with Year Round local leaders as the targets. Space to Host a Series of She says smaller, recurring events are Spectacular Events welcome too. Several already booked include the weekly Farmers Market, held By Richard May Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; a meditation led by Shrawan Nepali on Thursday he Noe Valley Town Square opened mornings, 8 to 9 a.m.; and Boot Camp Tto great fanfare on Oct. 27, 2016. The workouts Tuesday and Thursday after- ribbon-cutting was the culmination of noons, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. To keep up with four years of a community-based effort to what’s scheduled, go to noevalleytown- turn what had been a gas station and then square.com. a parking lot, on 24th Street near Sanchez, Crawford is also available to help res- into an open space for all. idents book activities at the square. If you Residents for Noe Valley Town Square want to reserve space for larger-scale (RNVTS), the organizing group behind community activities, email her at the successful project, has now turned its [email protected]. She efforts to promoting neighborhood use of will let you know if your event requires a the square. San Francisco Recreation and Park De- Leslie Crawford, who resides on 24th partment permit and fee and how to con- Street, is the programming director, a tact Rec and Park if it does. For smaller paid position funded temporarily through Grant James brings his nine-piece orchestra to the Noe Valley Town Square for “A Night of events like birthday parties and other per- city monies. She says RNVTS would like Romance” and dancing Saturday, May 20, 5 to 9 p.m. sonal celebrations, email Rec and Park di- to “have events that serve a range of peo- rectly at [email protected]. ple but also not overbook, so the commu- Frank Sinatra,” says Crawford). The Future monthly events have been As of our publication deadline, the nity can use the space quite freely.” Right square will shine with soft lighting, can- planned as well. They include the June Noe Valley Town Square was not listed now, the plan is to hold one major event dles will glow on each table, and light SummerFest celebration, a July “Blan- on sfrecpark.org as among San Fran- a month, something along the lines of last hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic bever- kets & Barbecue” campout, a Noe Valley cisco’s park facilities, but Crawford said November’s Town Square Dance, “which ages—moctails, anyone?—will be County Fair in September, and an Octo- eventually it will be, and once it is, it can people enjoyed so much.” served. ber Day of the Dead and Halloween be booked online through normal Rec and The May event, on Saturday, May 20, All ages are welcome. A suggested do- Spook-Tacular. Park procedures. However, she and the 5 to 9 p.m., is “A Night of Romance,” fea- nation of $20 per person will help pay for The county fair is a new event which department will continue to compare cal- turing dance music by singer James Grant the band and food. A raffle will be held, Crawford has high hopes for. She fore- endars to avoid double-booking and over- and his nine-piece orchestra (“think also to help finance the event. sees neighborhood goods and activities, booking. Ⅲ

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THE NOE VALLEY VOICE P.O. Box 460249 San Francisco, CA 94146 www.noevalleyvoice.com he Noe Valley Voice is an independent news - Tpaper published monthly except in January and August. It is distributed free in Noe Valley and vicinity during the first week of the month. Subscriptions are available at $40 per year ($35 for seniors) by writing to the above address. The Voice welcomes your letters, photos, and stories, particularly on topics relating to Noe Valley. All items should include your name, address, and phone number, and may be edited for brevity or clarity. (Unsigned letters will not be considered for publication.) Unsolicited contri- butions will be returned only if accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The Noe Valley Voice is a member of the San Francisco Neighborhood Newspaper Association. ical views. Fortunately, I was brought up torious cop killers, like Mumia Abu-Ja- Email: [email protected] in a tough New York neighborhood and, at mal. Even the far left-wing Obama was Website: www.noevalleyvoice.com Distribution: Call Jack, 415-385-4569 LETTERS the age of 70, am still quite able to defend forced to fire him from a position in his ad- Display Advertising: Call Pat, 415-608-7634, myself against the fashionably anorexic ministration. According to Charity Navi- or email [email protected] young men here. gator, the SPLC is enormously wealthy but Class Ads: See Page 22 As for the election, I think it was dis- spends a meager 68 percent of the dona- Display Advertising Deadline for the Bugaboo by the Bay June Issue: May 20, 2017 Editor: graceful for public schools to let their stu- tions it receives ($50 million per year) on Editorial/Class Ad Deadline: May 15, 2017 Recent issues of the Noe Valley Voice dents out the next day to demonstrate at its programs—the rest goes into the pock- CO-PUBLISHERS/EDITORS have described the paranoia and anger of City Hall. I also know that the San Fran- ets of those 250 people who run it and Sally Smith, Jack Tipple cisco teachers union suggested that educa- work there. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND EDITORS San Franciscans since the election of Don- Corrie M. Anders, Associate Editor ald Trump. The arrogant residents of San tors not announce in their classes that I hope that President Trump does as his Olivia Boler, Other Voices Editor Franny like to think of themselves as en- Hillary Clinton lost the election. This town predecessors—Lincoln, Eisenhower, Heidi Anderson, Matthew S. Bajko, Owen is comprised of the eternally pubescent. Kennedy, and Johnson—did and honors Baker-Flynn, Karol Barske, Helen Colgan, lightened, but nothing could be farther Jan Goben, Liz Highleyman, Laura McHale from the truth. I have lived in several dif- Wipe your tears, grow up, and encourage his pledge to support the Constitution and Holland, Suzanne Herel, Florence Holub, Tim your children to do so too. use force, if necessary, to assert the pri- Innes, Jeff Kaliss, Nick Kaliss, Doug Konecky, ferent parts of the U.S.A., as well as Richard May, Joe O’Connor, Roger Rubin, abroad, and have never seen such intoler- I grew up not far from Donald Trump macy of the federal government over sanc- Olivia Starr, Steve Steinberg, Tim Simmers, ance for people whose social or political and many of my friends in construction tuary cities and other entities. It should be Heather World views differ from theirs. I am certain that were eager to work for him because he easy for those truly committed to help il- CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Pamela Gerard, Beverly Tharp, people were delighted to hear of one inci- paid his workers better than others and he legal aliens here without using the taxpay- Najib Joe Hakim, Art Bodner dent of a hate crime in Noe Valley—a note treated them with respect. But no one here ers’ money for legal shenanigans: they ACCOUNTING left on the windshield of a car—and blame knows that because San Franciscans live could just marry them. Jennifer O. Viereck our new president (Noe Valley Voice, in an elitist echo chamber. They are con- You reported that residents of Noe Val- PRODUCTION Jack Tipple, André Thélémaque March 2017). descending when they speak about the ley are now “rattled” by the noise of air- DISTRIBUTION When I first had to move here for fam- “deplorables.” This is not only a Sanctu- planes. If one doesn’t want to hear air- Jack Tipple ily reasons six years ago, I brought my ary City, but a parochial Sanctimony City. planes, one shouldn’t move to an area that WEB DESIGN Your front-page article in March also has two major airports! Personally, I like Jon Elkin, Elliot Poger full-sized auto with me and received sev- relied on statements from Van Jones and the sound—it is far more muted than in ADVERTISING SALES eral angry notes accusing me of destroy- Pat Rose, Jack Tipple ing the planet. (I soon realized that I did the Southern Poverty Law Center. The for- New York City. Moreover, it gives me P RINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER not need a car here and sold it.) I have been mer has been a “truther,” claiming that the hope that, in the not-too-distant future, I Contents ᭧2017 The Noe Valley Voice verbally threatened several times and Bush administration knew beforehand of will be on one of those planes heading physically assaulted because of my polit- the 9/11 attacks; he has also supported no- back to America. S. Karetzky THE CROSSWORD BY MICHAEL BLAKE Eeww! ACROSS 1. PC game sensation JOSEPHINE ‘JO’ ERRICO of the early 2000s, with “The” Jan. 22, 1924 – March 24, 2017 5. Annual cable-TV sports award en years ago, the Noe Valley Voice 9. Obligations Twas welcomed into the home and 14. Got the picture garden of Josephine and Nicola Errico, 15. Source of poi on Dolores Street, where we conducted 16. Ballplayer’s miscue 17. Wight or Capri, e.g. interviews for a feature on this lovely 18. “Looks like trouble” Italian-American couple. This March, Jo 19. See 42-Down passed away peacefully at that home, as 20. “The future of she wished, among her loved ones. remote sex,” per Noe Valley author Josephine Laino began life 93 years Michael Castleman ago in North Beach, the daughter of a 23. Organ controls shoe repairman and housewife who’d 24. Like TV channels above 13: Abbr. emigrated from the village of Calabria, 25. Former franc frac- on the “toe” of Italy’s “boot.” Jo attended Josephine Errico and husband Nicola tion public schools and graduated from “Nick” Errico. Photo courtesy Greg Errico 28. Church Street business with a can’t- Galileo High School. Soon thereafter, in say-I-didn’t-warn- 1941, at Saints Peter and Paul Church, When the Family Stone, founded at you name she married Nicola Errico, a young im- Sly’s parents’ house in the Ingleside Dis- 33. “Grade A” pur- chases at Shufat migrant from the same southern Italian trict in 1966, rose from local to interna- Market region. tional fame, Greg and Sly saw to it that 64. A ___ pittance: very “Spamalot” creator cop show with 37. Part of IPA little 11. Purchase at Stormy David Caruso Their son Mario was born in 1942, Jo and Nick enjoyed VIP treatment at lo- 38. “___ him who 65. Ballpark figures? Leather 44. Good for nothing while Nick was serving in the wartime believes in nothing”: cal concerts. But Jo’s preference was to Victor Hugo 66. Hex 12. Comedian-cum- 47. Snuffy Smith, to Navy, and Gregory was born six years serve Sly and his entourage hearty home- politician Ammiano Jughaid 39. Some rentals from 67. “No man ___ later. Brought up with the sounds of their cooked Italian dinners at her place. “I let Russo Music island...” 13. ___ Lanka 48. Dorm mate, affectionately parents’ collection of Italian popular songs Sly know that I wasn’t a dummy,” Jo re- 41. John ___ Park, 68. Arthur of tennis 21. “Spring Forward” south of Noe Valley 69. Exert force abbr. 49. Nonsense song and operas, both boys later connected called. Sly advised both of her sons, “Be syllable 43. Novelist Joyce 70. “¿Cómo___ usted?” 22. 49ers’ org. with rock ’n’ roll legend Sly Stone. Mario nice to your mom, ’cause it’s awful when 26. Eightsome 53. Insights Carol ___ 71. River of Hades served Sly as a valued personal assistant, she’s gone.” DOWN 27. Auto route from 54. Will Clark’s old 44. “No ___” (hand- and Greg was a member of the Family made store-window 1. “Saturday Night Me. to Fla. position The Erricos’ Dolores Street garden sign) Live” bits 29. “Wow!” 55. Longtime Vermont Stone band, playing drums, as his mater- provided them vegetables, herbs, and Senator Patrick 45. Parcel (out) 2. Map close-up 30. They, in Thierry nal grandfather had in the Verbicaro vil- flowers, and to all visitors, Jo was a warm 3. ___ Yello (soft 31. Avian symbol of 56. Beloved of Elizabeth I 46. “We Really ___” lage band, in the old country. and spirited hostess. (motto of 28- drink) wisdom 58. See 10-Down Across) 4. Three-game win for 32. Language maven 59. Con’s confinement Supporting the family, Jo worked a va- Besides Nick, Mario, and Greg, Jo 50. Aliens, for short the Giants, say Chomsky 60. “Shucks!” riety of jobs, including partnering in a Errico is survived by her brother Larry 51. 2nd word in this 5. Ornamental needle 33. Elicit 61. “Stormy Weather” clothing store in the Mission–Excelsior Laino and sister Eleanor Gliazza, and by case 34. James Dean’s last singer Horne paper’s masthead District, and Nick waited tables at top 52. Lock, stock and 6. Mort who got his movie 62. Money source for many nieces, nephews, grandchildren, barrel? start at the Hungry i 35. “No, you can’t have the disabled: Abbr. San Francisco restaurants. They both at- and great-grandchildren. Her memory 57. ___’ Home: SF sen- 7. Church ___ at 30th a glass of water!” 63. Typing speed stat: tended St. Paul’s, on Church Street, and was celebrated last month at the Italian Street 36. Did away with, as a Abbr. ior facility infelici- several other of the city’s Catholic Cemetery in Colma. Online condolences tously named for its 8. “___ and a bottle dragon Solution on Page 29 benefactor (it’s now of rum!” 40. Prefix with metric NOTE: The current Voice churches, and they enjoyed Italian- may be offered at www.vmpandco.com. an AgeSong retire- 9. Introduction to or tonic Crossword and all past American club activities. —Jeff Kaliss ment home) god? 41. Speedometer meas. puzzles can be found at 62. Stockholm resident 10. With 58-Down, 42. With 19-Across, www.noevalleyvoice.com The Noe Valley Voice • May 2017 9 Fallon Family Finds Solace in Renewed Art

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 on designing the mural to the family’s specifications. During one visit in June of 2010, the four of them stood for a photo in front of where the mural would go. Soon thereafter, Kendra Fallon, having finished her first year at the University of California at San Diego, flew off to work in an orphanage in Nepal for the summer. Her father wasn’t keen on seeing his youngest child travel across the planet, but acquiesced to her trip since he saw it as part of her bereavement therapy. In 1977 her mother had trekked in Nepal when she was a college student. “It was the best thing to happen to her. She loved Nepal,” recalled Shane Fallon, 28, who is living with her father on 27th Street while she completes her graduate studies. “She was only 16 when our mom passed. It was really hard on her. We were all my mom’s primary caregivers.” Yet Kendra Fallon’s sojourn came to a tragic end on Aug. 24 of 2010, when the plane she was traveling on to reach Lukla, Howard Fallon and daughter Shane will hold an open house and dedication celebrating the new mural on Comerford Street by artist Amanda where she planned to trek up to the Ever- Lynn and their commitment to the SKY Memorial Foundation, which benefits a school and village in Nepal. Photo by Beverly Tharp est Base Camp, crashed amid a monsoon. The 18-year-old was among 14 people killed when their plane went down in a re- stupa floating in the sky, a traditional Being in Nepal “was hard,” said Shane, mote area outside Kathmandu. Buddhist shrine. For the mural, Lynn who visited the orphanage where Kendra “I spent a lot of time with Howard and added Tibetan prayer flags hung from had volunteered as well as a tutoring pro- Kendra. She passed right as I finished the atop the structure. The multi-colored gram the foundation helps fund. mural, so I had gone back and painted a flags cross in front of the women, visu- Fundraising as Healing butterfly on her shoulder while he was ad- ally connecting the two. dressing the whole situation,” recalled “It felt a little easier,” Lynn said of Howard Fallon, who doesn’t like to fly, Lynn. painting the second mural. “I felt a lot has never been to see the Shikharpur Howard Fallon, 69 and now retired, more comfortable because I maybe felt a Stupa and has no plans to visit Nepal, as would often stand in front of the mural little more in touch with Howard’s vision. the money it would cost to do so he would and “cry and feel terrible” as he grieved I had gotten to know the story more.” rather donate to the foundation. Each for his wife and daughter. Howard and Weather and time had damaged the mural Rather than a memorial, Lynn sees the year, he hosts various fundraisers for the Shane both said they think of Julee and painted in 2010, so it has been removed and mural more as a celebration of the lives nonprofit; in 2016 he raised $10,000. Kendra “every day.” now hangs inside the Fallons’ studio-garage Julee Pygin and Kendra Fallon lived. He Skypes with the other families (The Fallons were featured in Oprah on 27th Street. Photo courtesy Howard Fallon “I think this particular mural is more roughly twice a month, holding conver- Winfrey’s 2015 Belief series, in the fourth dedicated to a celebration of life, and es- sations that help him with his grieving episode titled “A Change Is Gonna one featuring elements to better signal to pecially to Kendra’s life and how there is process. Come.” A camera crew traveled with viewers its purpose as a memorial. a connection to her mother’s life in that “Working on the foundation and talk- Howard and Shane Fallon to Burning Using photos taken of Julee and they both went backpacking in Nepal,” ing to these other families, that is my heal- Man in 2013 where they commemorated Kendra when they were in Nepal, Lynn she said. “It is sort of a little more leaning group,” said Howard Fallon, who has the passing of Julee and Kendra by adding depicted both women wearing back- ing toward Kendra and celebrating her.” never met them in person and doubts he a painting Lynn drew of them to the Tem- packs, Julee on the right and Kendra on ever will. The Stupa in Nepal ple of Whollyness, which was burned at the left. The mountain range behind them He hopes people seeing the new mural the end of the desert gathering.) is meant to connote the Himalayas, while The mural also serves to promote the will Google the name of the foundation the houses on the bottom right mirror the SKY Memorial Foundation, which the and visit its website—www.skymemori- New Mural Celebrates Life façades of the Fallon’s home and the Fallons formed with the families of two alfoundation.org—to learn about the Over the years, the wall behind the mu- house next door. other crash victims: Yuki Hayashi, a 19- work it is doing in Nepal, such as furnish- ral on Comerford began to rot away due Blue forget-me-nots frame the houses, year-old Japanese student, and Sarah ing textbooks and clothing for the 300 to water damage. So last fall, Howard Fal- while California poppies surround the Sherpa, a 22-year-old Nepalese air host- children in the village, repairing roads, lon took down the mural—it now hangs women. Near each sits a butterfly on a ess. (SKY is derived from the first letter and helping to find ways to sell the com- inside the garage-turned-studio—in order poppy petal. of the trio’s first names.) munity’s agricultural products. to construct a new wall. And he commis- Between them is the logo of the SKY The stupa seen in the mural is a shrine “[The mural] is going to enhance my sioned Lynn to create a second mural, this Memorial Foundation, which includes a the families had built in 2012 at the crash fundraising,” he said. site, which was in the Bakaiya Thakur pri- Ceremony on May 20 mary school yard in Shikharpur, Nepal. As explained on the nonprofit founda- The Fallons are hosting an open house tion’s website, the Sherpa family wanted from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at 333 to build the monument in order to “bring 27th St., to dedicate the new mural. The peace and harmony to the village,” which ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. The is primarily Buddhist, and to “free the public is invited to attend the event, souls of those who passed away in that which is free, though donations to the village.” SKY Memorial Foundation will be gladly Inside the stupa, which cost $5,000 to accepted. construct, are three Lord Buddha statues, Later that night, they will celebrate one for each family’s lost child. On a Shane Fallon’s graduating from the UC plaque at the stupa gate are the names of Berkeley School of Public Health with a all those lost on the flight. master’s in public health and nutrition In exchange for donating the 150 with a global health specialty. She will square meters for the stupa, the village then depart for a summer internship with asked the families to financially support the World Health Organization’s non- the primary school. They agreed and es- communicable diseases division. tablished an endowment, and the village Howard Fallon will be returning to renamed the school as the SKY School in Burning Man this summer where he will honor of the crash victims. again honor his wife and daughter at the Shane Fallon went to Nepal one year monument to the departed, whose name after the stupa was dedicated. changes each year. “It is not very accessible. It is only 60 “I am going to Burning Man as a pil- In 1994, sitting on the bench in front of Martha’s on 24th Street was a favorite pastime for the miles from Katmandu, but it takes two grimage,” he said. Ⅲ Fallon family: mom Julee, sisters Shane and Kendra, and dad Howard. Photo courtesy Howard Fallon days to get there,” she said. 10 The Noe Valley Voice • May 2017

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Tiffany’s father passed “I know it sounds old-fashioned, but I away from MS, and the disease also de- think of myself as a hairdresser.” bilitates her grandmother. She is the founder and president of “Tiffany tells me that school is her only UHSF. Finley is the vice president, and peaceful place,” her mom says. “And the holds licenses in barbering and cosmetol- ball—we got a thing about it in the mail. ogy. He works at Cetana Salon Spa, The idea of it has brought her so much which is downtown. Cervelli, UHSF’s joy. She’s never experienced this before.” vice president of marketing, is a master Tiffany is an outpatient at UCSF, stylist at Arzo Hair in Hayes Valley. Ro- where doctors are trying different treat- man met them while working in different ments for her condition. She’s excited to Union Square salons. be going to the formal dance, her first, and “I’m a collector of friends. I used to be describes her dress as navy blue with a the youngest, now I’m the oldest,” Ro- sparkly sleeveless bodice and floor- man says with a laugh. “This was all my length skirt. idea, but they’re young and savvy. They “I’ll probably just wear sneakers, be- put a million ideas in my head, like the cause no one can see my feet,” she says. website.” “She looks like she’s floating,” Forever Roman has been doing hair since she adds. “It’s beautiful.” was 18, and graduated from the Vidal Sas- Tiffany describes the hairstyle she soon Academy. When asked if she has a wants as “half up, half down.” She’s at- specialty, she says, “I think I’m a great tending the dance alone. mentor and educator. Gilbert [Pickett], Sam Salamah says he wants to thank his employees and customers, who supported his Good who owns Salon Mio Mio, well, when I Sharing Mission High News newsstand on 24th Street for more than two decades. Photo by Jack Tipple met him, he was one of my assistants.” As Roman coaxes curls out of Tiffany’s thick hair with ease, they chat about how A Prom Like No Other Roman also attended Mission High. Good News Closes After Long Run One of UHSF’s biggest annual events “I grew up on Capp Street, at 24th,” she Store Owner Sees the Writing the day, and the humble Salamah was in is a prom held at Benioff Children’s Hos- says. She and her husband, Bayardo Ro- pital for its teen patients. The hospital man, also a San Francisco native, still On the Wall the middle of it. “I got my paper there every day,” said houses the nationally accredited Marie own a home in the city that they rent, but By Tim Simmers Walter Moore, a Noe Valley resident for Wattis School for inpatients, grades live in Concord. Her husband is a police 20 years. “I’m going to really miss it.” kindergarten through 12. The school’s officer at Mission Station, and his beat is ood News, the magazine and news- Moore also purchased photography mag- students, as well as the hospital’s outpa- Noe Valley. Gpaper shop at 3920 24th St., had azines to hone his skills. tients, are invited to participate in their Roman comes into the city to work some sad news for the neighborhood last “I’m sorry to see [Salamah] go,” said own prom each April. four days a week. “I’m so in love with San month. After 22 years in business, the Paula Foley, owner of Folio Books on UHSF helps out with hair, makeup, and Francisco,” she says. “I love Noe Valley. store announced it was closing at the end 24th Street. “He’s such a good neighbor manicures. Formalwear and goody bags Even when I’m not working, I’m always of April. and a kind man, and he really filled a need are donated, and volunteers—including there. Maybe we can move back some- Owner Sam Salamah said several fac- in the neighborhood.” People came from some San Francisco 49ers football play- day.” tors combined to seal Good News’ fate, around the Bay Area to shop at Good ers last year—help make the night a mag- In the meantime, she continues to col- including years of competition from the News, one of San Francisco’s last classic ical one. lect friends and do good. After styling the internet and a steady rise in the cost of newsstands. One customer came from On the morning of this year’s (seventh girls’ hair at the salon, she’ll head over to magazines. The final blow, he said, was Monterey to buy car magazines. annual) UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospi- Benioff to help her team with the inpa- that a key distributor of international “It makes me really sad,” said tal Prom, April 21, Roman and fellow tients. She sent out a call to 50 salons for magazines recently declared bankruptcy, Stephanie Rodriguez, 21, who worked at stylist Veronica Lopez are busy washing this event alone. cutting a major share of his supply. the store. She first came to Good News and styling the hair of three prom atten- In the future, she’s hoping to get more “My customers preferred the hard with her mother when she was 6 years dees at Salon Mio Mio. Noe Valley salons involved in UHSF. copy, and that’s why I stayed in business,” old. Nala Garcia and Dayanara Rodriguez, “I’d be very grateful. The smallest Salamah said. Salamah praised his handful of loyal both 14, are friends who attend School of things are really huge. I won’t always be At the same time, his customers were workers. “They were like family for me,” the Epiphany in the Excelsior. The girls a hairdresser, but I’ll always be a part of growing older or going digital. “Most he said. each have long hair, and have requested this organization.” people still buying newspapers are at least Despite the internet’s growing impact, to have a portion of it braided around their For more information about United 40,” Salamah said. “The news concept Salamah ran a solid business for years. heads in matching circlets. Hairdressers of San Francisco, visit the changed. Many people just get the head- His rent was fair, he said, and he had a Tiffany Allison, 15, is a student at Mis- group’s website, unitedhairdressersof- line. That’s the trend. It took something good relationship with his landlord. sion High School. She and her mother, sanfrancisco.com. Ⅲ special for a young person to buy.” “After all these years, it’s part of me,” Good News carried mainstream mag- he said. 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By Corrie M. Anders Condominiums he Noe Valley real estate market shed March 2017 8 $1,012,500 $ 2,050,000 $1,517,063 16 110% Tthe winter doldrums in March as February 2017 4 $1,500,000 $4,025,000 $2,206,750 24 115% homebuyers purchased 15 single-family March 2016 8 $806,000 $2,460,000 $1,474,750 14 113% detached houses, including one that cost more than $6 million. 2- to 4-unit buildings The spring perkiness was in sharp con- The March sale of this five-bedroom home March 2-17 0 — — —— — trast to the buying mood in January and on a double lot on Fair Oaks Street February 2017 1 $4,975,000 $4,975,000 $4,975,000 223 98% sparked a bidding war that pushed up the February, when just three and four homes, March 2016 1 $1,818,000 $1,818,000 $1,818,00 19 114% respectively, sold in the neighborhood. price to $6,260,000. Photo by Corrie M. Anders March also is traditionally a slow month, 5+-unit buildings with only six sales recorded in March March 2017 0 — — —— — 2016. terest rates, which did, in fact, occur on February 2017 1 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 $1,850,000 49 100% But according to numbers supplied to March 15. March 2016 0 — — —— — the Noe Valley Voice by Zephyr Real Es- The most impressive March sale was tate, buyers were ready to pounce this go- that of a renovated 1908 Edwardian in the * Survey includes all Noe Valley home sales completed during the month. Noe Valley for purposes round, especially when they saw a bevy 300 block of Fair Oaks Street between of this survey is loosely defined as the area bordered by Grand View, 22nd, Guerrero, and 30th streets. The Voice thanks Zephyr Real Estate (zephyrre.com) for providing sales data. NVV5/2017 of high-end properties come on the mar- 24th and 25th streets. The house, located ket in late February and early March. on a fenced double lot with a large tree- “We had four [sales] above $1 million, filled garden and cascading fountain, pro- four above $2 million, three above $3 voked an intense bidding war that wound million, three above $4 million, and one up costing the victor $6,260,000. That Noe Valley Rents** above $6 million,” said Zephyr president figure was nearly 40 percent more than Randall Kostick. “Those numbers are the $4.5 million the seller had requested. No. in Range Average Average Average Unit Sample April 2017 April 2017 March 2017 AprIl 2016 spectacular.” The final price made it the second most Kostick added that people may have expensive Noe Valley home sale in recent Studio 8 $1,850 - $3,100 $2,399 / mo. $2,252 / mo. $2,336 / mo. wanted to beat an anticipated rise in in- history (after a Duncan Street property 1-bdrm 40 $1,975 - $4,900 $3,136 / mo. $3,219 / mo. $3,302 / mo. that sold for $7 million in 2014). 2-bdrm 52 $2,495 - $9,000 $4,165 / mo. $4,396 / mo. $4,528 / mo. The new owners will luxuriate in five bedrooms—including a master suite with 3-bdrm 24 $4,000 - $12,995 $6,395 / mo. $6,411 / mo. $5,532 / mo. a fireplace and balcony—4.5 baths, a spa- 4+-bdrm 10 $5,600 - $25,000 $9,916 / mo. $8,475 / mo. $10,320 / mo. cious great room, gourmet kitchen, a for- ** This survey is based on a sample of 134 Noe Valley apartment listings appearing on Craigslist.org mal dining room, a family room, and den. from March 29 to April 5, 2017. NVV5/2017 The home also sports floor-to-ceiling glass walls, a roof deck with city and bay views, and a two-car garage. March also saw the sale of eight condominiums—the same number as a year ago. (Four condo units sold in February of this year.) The costliest was a flat in an elegant 1905 Queen Anne Victorian in the 1100 block of Dolores Street between 25th and Jersey streets. Buyers paid $2,050,000 for the unit—nearly 21 percent more than the $1,695,000 asking price. The modern, up- A condominium in this Queen Anne per-level residence featured three bed- Victorian on Dolores Street sold in March rooms and three baths in 1,670 square feet for $2,050,000—nearly 21 percent more of living space, and included one-car than the asking price. parking, a deck, and a balcony with Photo courtesy of Gary Sayday/Coldwell Banker downtown views. Ⅲ

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Coast or coastal onion. won’t see them. The stems stand 3 to translates as “morning glory without Ithuriel’s spear, wally basket, or grassnut. 6 inches tall. The flower cluster is much stem.” The large, creamy-white Photos by Joe O’Connor about 2 inches across. Coast onions flower is 2 to 3 inches across. The hat a season! Seven live on the north face of Bernal Hill, flowers open singly or in pairs, and and Tank Hill covered with wally bas- months’ regular rainfall the rocky part of Tank Hill’s north- you’ll find them mixed with grasses ket in May. Wand I’m seeing native west slope, and on Billy Goat Hill. On in exposed areas all over Twin Peaks, There’s no space for additional pho- wildflowers in new places and in Billy Goat Hill they grow on the rock on Bernal Hill, and in Glen Canyon. A tos, but if you can, check out these amazing numbers. Cool, rainy condi- wall behind the bushes where Castro few also grow on Billy Goat Hill. other May wildflowers via Google or tions through April kept things moist, meets 30th Street. May also brings a beautiful blue Calflora.org (UC Berkeley): wavyleaf and everything is staying green. Another May beauty is the hill flower known as “Ithuriel’s spear.” soap plant and California hedge nettle On May hikes, you’ll still see gold- morning glory. Unlike most morning That name refers to an obscure char- (all local parks), and “purple Chinese fields, blue dicks, mule ears, and but- glories, this morning glory doesn’t acter in Milton’s Paradise Lost. I pre- houses” (only on Bernal Hill). tercups. Lupines are everywhere; look grow as a vine. Instead, the flower fer the plant’s other names, “wally As always, I’m happy to help with for tiny, 1- to 3-inch-tall miniature arises from a clump of spade-shaped basket” (because Native Americans identifications. Want to join me on a lupine (Lupinus bicolor), showing leaves and has a really stubby stem. used the stems to form temporary bas- free wildflower walk? Send email to flashes of brilliant blue low to the Its Latin name, Calystegia subacaulis, kets) or “grassnut.” Wally basket [email protected]. Ⅲ ground on the north slope of Bernal (Triteleia laxa) puts up one flower Hill, the east slope of Mt. Davidson, stalk supporting a 2- to 3-inch-wide and in Glen Canyon. (Go to cluster of 3 to 15 blue flowers. Each Calflora.org for photos.) tubular flower opens to a six-pointed oe O’Connor is a retired professor One of our prettiest May wildflow- star. Wally basket corms (tubular Jof ecology with an avid interest in ers is coast onion (Allium dichlamy- underground stems) are edible and local plants, mushrooms, and natural deum). The fancy Latin name just tasty. That’s why wally basket is also history. He’s also a docent at the Cali- means “onion with two cloaks.” Coast called grassnut. Wally basket is easy fornia Academy of Sciences. A long- onion shows a cluster of bright, red- to find in parks near Noe Valley, such time resident of 26th Street, O’Connor dish-purple flowers atop a single, hol- as Billy Goat Hill, Twin Peaks, and is working on a guidebook to San low stem. The plant’s onion-like Glen Canyon. I’ve also seen the Francisco wildflowers. leaves wither before flowering; you Hill morning glory. slopes of Bernal Hill, Corona Heights,

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Safety Patrol Training astro Community on Patrol is train- SHORT Cing new volunteers Saturday, May 20, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Most Holy Re- TAKES deemer Catholic Church, 100 Diamond St. Volunteers will be taught the basics of distributing safety information and safety Sheehy Speaks at UNN whistles, checking in with merchants, ecently appointed District 8 Supervi- chatting with visitors, and keeping eyes Rsor Jeff Sheehy will appear at the and ears open for safety issues that might Wednesday, May 17, meeting of Upper need to be reported to police or other pro- Noe Neighbors, held 7 to 9 p.m. at Upper fessionals. Noe Recreation Center. Newly elected CCOP patrols the Castro and Duboce UNN president Olga Milan-Howells says Triangle neighborhoods in groups of the meeting will be conducted as a town three, focusing on the areas with the most hall, with Supervisor Sheehy answering foot traffic. Volunteers must perform one questions from the audience. three-hour patrol a month or a total of 12 The meeting is open to all. Milan- a year. Volunteers also provide a safety Howells sees this as an opportunity for presence at major events such as the Cas- “the whole Noe Valley community to The popular Farallon Quintet plays the final concert in Noe Valley Chamber Music’s 2016–17 tro Street Fair and the annual LGBTQ meet our supervisor and express their season on Sunday, May 21, at the Noe Valley Ministry on Sanchez Street. Photo by Norm Levin Pride Parade. concerns, opinions, and suggestions to For more information, see castropa- him and for us all to get to know each trol.org. To register for patrol training, go rio, Gabriel Fauré, Ola Gjello, and Arvo tion of Handel’s opera Alcina, based on other better.” to Eventbrite.com. Board member Kyle Pärt; the West Coast premiere of “Thir- the story of Orlando Furioso, first per- The rec center is between Church and Wong says, “Come take our class. At the teen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird” by formed in 1735. The second is “Say It Sanchez streets, with entrances on 30th very least, you will leave with more in- local composer Anne Hege; and selec- With Music,” 20th-century Broadway Street and Day Street. formation about community and personal tions from La Koro Sutro by Lou Harri- numbers from Irving Berlin. General ad- safety.” son. The latter work will be performed in mission is $20 both nights through The ABC’s of Music full at Resound Ensemble’s May 20 ben- Eventbrite.com. Students may attend for his month you can enjoy the ABC’s efit concert at Mission Dolores Basilica. $5. See also bayareavocalacademy.org. Bargains and Business Tof music in Noe Valley. A is for Pianist Jonathan Gregoire will be the And finally, the final concert of the t’s no small matter being a small busi- “Ai’yu: Songs of Transcendence” from guest accompanist at all three Noe Valley Noe Valley Chamber Music’s 2016-17 Iness owner these days. Leasing a store, the Resound Ensemble, B is for two Bay concerts. In addition, painter Peggy Gyu- season will be the Farallon Quintet, Sun- attracting customers, and making a profit Area Vocal Academy presentations, and lai will paint during the concerts, as part day, May 21. The clarinet, cello, viola, are not skills everyone is born with. But C is a concert from Noe Valley Chamber of Resound’s continuing collaboration and violin combo will play three new thanks to Small Business Week work- Music. The Noe Valley Ministry is the with artists in other genres. pieces by Durwynne Hsieh and Chad shops May 15-20, you can learn them. Go venue for all of these local events. Tickets for the Noe concerts are avail- Cannon, which the group commissioned, to sfsmallbusinessweek.com to see the ar- Ai’yu: Songs of Transcendence is the able at Eventbrite.com for $30 reserved as well as Paisajes by Jose Gonzalez ray of free classes, networking opportu- name and theme for the Resound Ensem- seating, $20 general admission, and $10 Granero. There will be a pre-concert talk nities, and events. ble’s three spring concerts Friday, May for children 5 to 12. More at re- at 3:15 p.m. by Scott Foglesong. The con- The culmination to the week is city- 12, Saturday, May 13, and Monday, May soundensemble.org. cert starts at 4 p.m. Buy $25 general ad- wide sidewalk sales Saturday, May 20. 15; 8 p.m. is the start time for all three. BAVA continues its series at the Min- mission and $15 student tickets at Noe Valley merchants are loading the Ai’yu is an Egyptian term meaning aston- istry with a double bill Thursday, May 18, nvcm.org. space outside their stores with heavily ishing or marvelous. Included in the pro- at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 20, at 7 The Noe Valley Ministry is at 1021 discounted items. Stop by and pick up gram are choral works by Dominick DiO- p.m. The first half is a concert presenta- Sanchez St., near 23rd Street. some bargains.

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Dog and Human Mixer them at the Garden Tour table Saturday mornings in the Farmers Market in the ara Rowbotham, a realtor at Van- Noe Valley Town Square, on May 20 and SHORT Zguard Properties, is hosting a meet 27, as well as on tour day June 3. and greet for dogs and humans at the Van- In addition, you can purchase tickets guard office, 3848 24th St., Saturday, for a raffle which benefits the Garden TAKES May 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rocket Dog Tour. Resident and Pacific Union realtor Rescue will bring dogs for adoption, from Stephanie Johnson is again sponsoring tunities for them to write and perform. puppies to older dogs, and the public is the raffle and has donated the grand prize, EXIT Press published the first 10 plays invited to meet them and select a new ca- a $300 gift certificate for Sloat Garden performed at the theater in 2010, “to give nine friend to take home. Rowbotham Centers plus four hours of manual labor them a life beyond their initial run.” says, “I’m in the market for one!” Catered in your garden by a local landscaping The panel will discuss the process of appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages firm—not by Johnson. Additional prizes playwriting from writing to stage produc- like lemonade and juices will be served. are two $50 gift certificates supplied by tion to print publication. The event is free. There will be balloons and activities for Flora Grubb Gardens. Copies of panelists’ work will be avail- children and a photo booth for all. Every- The Swann Group is the lead sponsor able for sale and signing. For more infor- one is encouraged to have their photo of the tour. Other early sponsors are mation on this and other Folio events in taken with their new canine companion. Cliché Noe, Dirty Hoe Landscaping, May, go to foliosf.com or stop by the Rowbotham lives on Dolores Street Droubi Team-Compass, Sloat Garden bookstore at 3957 24th St. and, as a neighborhood resident, hopes to A dog-friendly garden will be one of the Centers, Zephyr Real Estate, and the Noe organize events for neighbors to meet and nine spots to explore at the Noe Valley Valley Merchants and Professionals As- Garden Tour Saturday, June 3. 42 Years Young get to know one another. The May 6 event sociation. VIP Scrub Club is providing Photo courtesy Jana King ne of San Francisco’s biggest and is her first foray. She says, “I love dogs discount coupons for your fauna friends. oldest garage sales, the Fair Oaks and wanted to bring the community to- The tour is an annual project of Friends O Street Fair, will happen this year on Sat- gether. Everyone loves dogs!” of Noe Valley, one of the neighborhood’s camellias, roses, and art. urday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The The dog-human mixer is free. For fur- longest-running residents’ groups. For Tour goers will receive a map and can festivities will extend the length of Fair ther details, contact Rowbotham at 415- tickets or more information go to the web- visit the gardens in any order during the Oaks—a one-block walk down 24th from 418-8865. site friendsofnoevalley.com. six-hour event. Volunteer garden greeters Dolores Street—from 21st to 26th Street. will be stationed at each entrance, check- A hundred families will offer gleanings Up on the Roof ing for tickets or selling additional ones The Play’s the Thing from their garages and attics. There will he Noe Valley Garden Tour turns 11 if needed. If you’d like to volunteer for a eighborhood playwright, gardener, also be food for sale, baked goods, mu- Tthis year on Saturday, June 3, from 10 two-hour shift (or more)—and receive a Nand former mayoral candidate Terry sic, and children’s activities to keep you a.m. to 4 p.m. The theme is “Tour de free ticket to the tour—contact Lockyer Baum will participate in a panel of Bay bargain hunting all day. Fleurs,” says committee chair Linda at [email protected]. An added Area playwrights at Folio Books Wednes- Lockyer of Noe Street. “With all of the inducement is a party for volunteers, held day, May 10, at 7 p.m. Others on the panel Silents at the Castro rain, the gardens are really spectacular,” this year on May 31. include Lily Janiak, lead theater critic for nother event you won’t want to miss she says. Prices will remain the same as the last the San Francisco Chronicle, and play- is the 22nd San Francisco Silent Film Of the nine gardens included, a third several years’, says Lockyer: $15 for sen- wrights Stuart Bousel, Aren Haun, Alli- A Festival June 1–4 at the Castro Theatre. are on roofs of the owners’ homes and an- iors (65 years of age and older), $18 for son Page, and Martin Schwartz. Among the highlights will be a newly other third are older, very well established adults under 65, and free for children un- The panel was organized by EXIT The- restored Three Musketeers (1921), accom- gardens on ground level with full-growth der 12 years old. Tickets can be obtained atre Press, the publishing arm of EXIT panied live by the Guenter Buchwald En- trees and large shrubs. Others feature res- beginning May 20 online and in stores Theatre, a hive of five theaters located in semble. For tickets and a complete sched- cued palms, a dramatic view, or dog- throughout Noe Valley, including Cliché the Tenderloin and the producer of the ule, visit the SFSFF at silentfilm.org. friendly design. One is chock-full of Noe Gifts + Home, Folio Books, Just for San Francisco Fringe Festival. EXIT The- everything: an orchard, sun and shade Fun, Olive This Olive That, and Omni- atre was founded in 1983 to develop new Short Takes are compiled and written by plantings, bromeliads, vines, moss, ferns, vore Books on Food. You can also buy theater artists by providing more oppor- Richard May and Sally Smith.

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Interviews and photos by Zahra Saleh, Castro Street: Hi. Catherine Masters, 24th Street: Juliea Brashares, 24th Street: Lucky, Brookdale Avenue: I Olivia Starr and That I really appreciate everything She is my hero, and she inspires love her very much! she did for me growing up, espe- me every day. Nick Kaliss cially now that I have two little ones and understand all the energy that it took.

Liz Miracle, Diamond Street: Mira Solomon, 28th Street, Monica Ricci, Chenery Street: Tony, Jersey Street: Gee, my Will Fithian, 25th Street: Well, Thank you for being pregnant with Chloe, 26th Street, Ben, 29th I’m very proud of her, and I’m so mother just died.... She was ready she doesn’t live in Noe Valley, so me...for enduring all that and Street: Mira: You’re great and glad that she’s moving on with her to go. I spent a lot of time with her she won’t see it. It’s not going to doing it with grace. I’m pregnant thank you for helping with every- life after the loss of my father a in her last five years, so I think be poetic.... Thanks for everything with my first, and [I’m] realizing thing. Chloe: I love you, you are couple of years ago. She’s become we’re on good terms, and there’s you did for me growing up and I how much I love my baby and amazing, and I can’t live my life very active and is doing many new nothing I have to say to her that I hope you have a great Mother’s how much my mother must love without you. Ben: Thank you for things, and I love her very much didn’t already say. Day. me, and I didn’t have any concept being my personal chauffeur. for that. of how much she must love me. It hit me hard, and I’ve wanted to talk to my mom all the time now.

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The zipper Street, plus describe the transformation pouches come in a variety of patterns and of a baby clothes shop to a skin products colors. store at Church and 24th streets. “Laurel is a local maker who created organic cotton baby bibs for the old BARON’S QUALITY MEATS store,” Seiberling says. “I asked her if she 1706 Church St. near 29th Street could think of ideas for the new concept 415-654-5449 and she said, ‘Let me make some makeup http://www.baronsmeats.com/ bags for your makeup store.’” utchery runs in the family of David Supporting local products made in Cal- B“Dave” Samiljan. His maternal ifornia and Hawaii is one of Seiberling’s great-grandfather and the person he is Dave Samiljan says he and his staff of four butchers will be happy to trim pork chops, chicken, goals. She also wants to carry items made named after, David Baron, founded steaks, sausages, or whatever his customers wish at his newly opened shop on Church Street, by women, as well as those that are or- Baron’s Meat & Poultry, a successful Baron’s Quality Meats. Photo by Pamela Gerard ganic. To that end, she’s curating cosmet- business in Brooklyn, N.Y. Growing up ics, lotions, and cleansers with certain pa- on the East Coast, Samiljan worked in the products that are all natural, meaning no room for growth,” says Samiljan, who rameters. The shop carries Naked Truth butcher shop, and credits the experience hormones, antibiotics, or pesticides in the spends roughly two hours commuting to Beauty and its “socially responsible cos- for his passion for, and career in, food. feed given to the animals. He carries a lot the shop in the mornings. metics,” Habit nail polishes, and Han In his late 20s, Samiljan, a one-time of organic and certified non-GMO prod- Most gratifying has been the reception Skin Care Cosmetics. For sun protection, employee of the Big Apple Circus— ucts, and sources from producers in from customers in the neighborhood. she offers Coola Sun Care from San where he met his wife, Shirin—enrolled Northern California, the Midwest, and as “They have been so nice to me. I am Diego. at the Culinary Institute of America in far away as Europe and Japan. really floored,” Samiljan says. “I don’t From Hawaii, there are lotions and Hyde Park. One of his favorite classes “All of the meats are non-confinement, expect people to throw rocks at me. But misters from Island Soap & Candle was meat fabrication. meaning nothing kept in a cage or crate everyone who walks in says they are so Works. “Plumeria is my signature scent!” “I really took to it. It felt right. I had a of any kind,” he explains. “The product glad to have a butcher back.” Seiberling says. She insists the Surfer’s talent for it,” recalls Samiljan, 52, who line I carry comes with a price tag.” Baron’s Quality Meats is open daily, 10 Salve is a great alternative to Neosporin lives in Benicia. “It wasn’t necessarily In early April, for instance, he had for a.m. to 8 p.m. for cuts and burns. “It’s all my kids will easy, but it didn’t feel like work.” sale Alaskan wild-caught halibut ($32.99 —Matthew S. Bajko use.” After he graduated in 1993, he and per lb.) and Creekstone Farms cowboy Additionally, customers will find a se- Shirin moved out west, and Samiljan steaks on the bone ($18.99 per lb.), dou- MABUHAY lection of necklaces and earrings that landed a job with grass-fed beef pioneer ble-cut pieces of meat that can feed two 1195 Church St. at 24th Street have caught Seiberling’s eye during her Bill Niman at Niman Ranch. There people. A more unusual cut for sale was 415-970-0369 travels—she went to Japan twice last Samiljan worked as a butcher, packer, and the onglet ($17.99 per lb.), which Samil- mabuhaybeauty.com year. In general, Mabuhay’s prices run truck driver. He left 14 years ago before jan describes as a “really funky muscle” [email protected] from $5 to $45, and some of the jewelry Niman sold his company to Purdue. that tastes like a very tender hangar steak. n March, Camille Seiberling, longtime can be as low as $12. When he opened his own butcher On the lower end of the price scale, Iowner of the boutique Mabuhay, Seiberling also carries a few succulents shop, Baron’s Meat & Poultry, in 2005 in Samiljan offers several “secret butcher shifted the focus of her wares from chil- and air plants. Before Mabuhay, she had the Alameda Marketplace in the East Bay cuts,” like a Denver steak ($11.99 per lb.), dren’s clothes and toys to beauty and a plant- and floral-arranging business city of the same name, Samiljan named it which is good for stews, or a chuck eye health products. called It’s Growing. in honor of his namesake. steak ($9.99 per lb.), which he says is “Call it a rebirth,” says Seiberling, 44, As part of the “rebirthing” process, Now he has brought his high-quality “like eating a baby ribeye but at less than Seiberling painted the walls, which had meats, poultry, and seafood to Noe Val- half the price.” been yellow, a soothing pink called conch ley with the opening of Baron’s Quality He carries Mary’s organic whole shell. The color is accented by warm, sub- Meats in the retail space that for decades chickens ($4.39 per lb.), which his staff tle gold and wood tones throughout the had been the home of Drewes Bros. of four butchers is happy to cut up how- store. A gilt-framed poster from the Meats, at 1706 Church St. ever a customer likes. He also stocks Women’s March by artist Jessica Sabo- The family-run shop announced it boneless chicken breasts ($8.89 per lb.) gal, depicting the cherubic face of a child would close in 1998 after 109 years in from the same company. and the tagline “Women Are Perfect,” is business. However, employees Josh and As for fish, Samiljan was selling last a centerpiece of the boutique’s decor. Isaac Epple took it over and kept the month wild-caught filet of sole ($19.99 “I did all the work myself,” says doors open. But in 2014 Josh unexpect- per lb.) and farm-raised steelhead trout Seiberling. “That was important to me.” edly died in a motorcycle accident, and ($17.99 per lb.). He expects to carry sar- She also replaced all the furniture except last summer Drewes shuttered for good. dines and smelts when they come into At the new Mabuhay, Camille Seiberling is for the wrap counter, which her uncle, At the time, Samiljan was at a loss for season, as well as Dungeness crab over offering several lines of organic cosmetics Reginald Guerrero, had made for her. Her what to do next with his life. He had sold the winter months. and skin care products, as well as a husband, Daniel Seiberling, a video game off a burger stand he had opened in He makes his own sausages ($10.99 a selection of handmade jewelry, plants, and designer, revamped the store’s logo. Alameda and planned to work again at his pound) in flavors like cheese and parsley, gift baskets. Photo courtesy Mabuhay Mabuhay is open Tuesday through Fri- butcher shop. But his presence was un- Andouille, chorizo, and bratwurst. day, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. dermining his manager, so he stepped “My sweet Italian is the best sweet Ital- with a smile. Her business has been in its to 6 p.m.; and Sunday and Monday by ap- aside and became a stay-at-home dad. ian in the world,” boasts Samiljan. “We diminutive location at 1195 Church St. pointment. The shop accepts cash and (He and Shirin are the parents of three stuff them here. My sausages are great.” since 2008. “We still have a few toys, hats credit cards. children, two of whom are now in col- Come Thanksgiving, Samiljan will for kids, and sunscreens, but what we re- Loyal customers of the old Mabuhay lege.) have all natural turkeys available for or- ally want to do is serve families, espe- will receive 10 percent off their first pur- Checking his Facebook feed one day der. At Christmas he carries prime rib and cially moms. They need to take care of chase in the new store. Also, for Mother’s last August, Samiljan saw a posting about then filet mignon for New Year’s. themselves too!” Day, the shop will offer three special Drewes’ closure. He is planning to use the walk-in cooler Indeed, the decision to transform the beauty baskets featuring a choice of “It was like the universe was speaking located in the outdoor patio behind the shop might have something to do with the plants and natural beauty products. A bas- to me,” he said, adding that the location shop for dry-aged beef. At 12 feet by 6.5 growth of her own boys, Griffin, 9, and ket can be custom designed if ordered be- was the perfect spot for a butcher shop. feet, the cooler can “fit tons of meat,” he Rocket, 5. “Basically, I grew up. Every- fore May 14. “More people live within a one-mile ra- says. body did. I grew up and the kids grew up.” —Olivia Boler dius of this store than on the entire island Samiljan plans to add “grab and go” of Alameda.” items in the coming weeks, such as meats He signed the lease on Dec. 1 and of- already marinated and ready for the bar- ficially opened the store on April 1. At beque. Eventually, he hopes to acquire a 2,000 square feet, the Noe Valley location liquor license. Sometime later this year, Quit Smoking in One Session is nearly three times the size of his he will shutter the store for a few weeks Alameda shop. in order to replace the refrigerated cases, DR. JONATHON D. GRAY • HYPNOSIS • SAN FRANCISCO • 415-563-2333 “I am in San Francisco, man. This is which now have glass that frosts to the one of the world’s great cities. And I am point of invisibility. Addictions • Stress Reduction • Pain Control • Weight Control sitting in the oldest butcher shop in the After less than a month of operation, Phobias • Optimum Performance city. 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May 1: Caroline Eden introduces Samarkand: RECIPES and Stories from May 7: MAPAMUNDI Kids opens the Central Asia and the Caucasus. 6:30- BlaBla shop-in-shop, especially for ages 7:30 pm. Omnivore Books, 3885A • M A Y 2 0 1 7 • 1 to 3, with readings, a raffle, and Cesar Chavez. 282-4712; refreshments. 11:30 am-2 pm. 1306 omnivorebooks.com. Castro. mapamundikids.com. May 1, 8, 15 & 22: The Augmentative May 3: Folio Books celebrates May 3 & June 7: The GLBT HISTORY month, with a 6 to 8 pm reception. May 7 & 21: SF City Guides leads a and Alternative Communication (ACC) Children’s Book Week with a PAJAMA Museum has a free day on first ianstallings.com. 3848 24th. free WALKING TOUR of Noe Valley Club meets Mondays from 4:30 to PARTY story time with Gennifer Wednesdays. 11 am-7 pm. 4127 18th. ianstallings.com. on first and third Sundays at 1:30-3:30 5:30 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. Choldenko. 6 pm. 3957 24th. 621-1107; GLBThistory.org. pm. Meet at the Noe Valley Library, 355-5707; sfpl.org. May 6: A benefit for Rocket DOG foliosf.com. 451 Jersey. 557-4266; sfcityguides.org. May 4: “STAR WARS: May the Fourth RESCUE will be held, from 9 am to 4 May 1-22: GALLERY SANCHEZ May 3: The Noe Valley Library hosts a Be With You” at Charlie’s Corner pm, at Vanguard Properties, 3848 24th. May 7-28: Meet at the gold fire exhibits “Reflections,” artwork by CRAFT WORKSHOP for adults on Bookstore features story times at 10 756-8188; rocketdogrescue.org. hydrant at 20th and Church at 11 am Kristin Kyono and Nathalie Fabri. decorating a votive candle holder with am, noon, and 3 pm; costumes Sundays for a City Guides walking tour Reception April 30, noon-2 pm; May 6: An OPEN HOUSE, featuring vintage stamps; all materials provided. encouraged. 4102 24th. 641-1104; of the area around MISSION weekdays, 9:30 am-1:30 pm. 1021 the work of artists Leonard Breger 7-8:30 pm. 451 Jersey. Sign up at 355- charliescorner.com. DOLORES. 557-4266; sfcityguides.org. Sanchez. 282-2317; and Beth Pewther, includes tours, 5707 or sfpl.org. noevalleyministry.org. May 4, 18 & 25: Miss Catherine tells conversation, and tea and cookies the May 8: The Noe Valley Library hosts a May 3 & 17: Children ages 4 and up TODDLER TALES with books, rhymes, first Saturday of the month. 10 am-1 Personal DIGITAL ARCHIVING May 1-31: Noe Valley OVEREATERS can read to a dog named Oliver at music, and movement. 10:15 & 11 am. pm. 80 Bronte. 826-2952; artfools.com. workshop; bring a USB flash drive and Anonymous meets Monday through PUPPY DOG TALES. 6:30-7:30 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- your photos and documents. 1-3 pm. Saturday, 7 am, at St. Aidan’s Church, May 6:The Noe Valley KNITTING Eureka Valley Library, 1 Jose Sarria 5707; sfpl.org. 451 Jersey. Preregister at 355-5707; 101 Gold Mine. oasf.org. CIRCLE meets from 10:30 am to Court (16th & Market). 355-5616; sfpl.org. May 4-25: Bring your storehouse of 12:30 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 May 1-31: Charlie’s Corner offers sfpl.org. knowledge to TRIVIA NIGHT on Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. May 9: PFLAG meets at the Women’s children’s STORY TIMES every day. May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31: The Eureka Thursdays at the Dubliner, 3838 24th. Building, 3543 18th, on the second Mon.-Fri., 10 am, noon, 3 & 5 pm; Sat. & May 6: FIESTAVAL at Fairmount Valley Library offers BABY RHYME 8 pm. 285-0674; brainstormer.com. Tuesday of the month, 7 to 9 pm. 921- Sun., 10:30 am, 12:30 & 3:30 pm. 4102 Elementary School features live music, and play time on Wednesdays, 1:30 to 8850; pflagsf.org. 24th; 641-1104. May 4 & June 1: Liz Stone joins a butterfly tent, games, crafts, and food. 2:15. 1 Jose Sarria Court (16th & other comedians at “Comedy Gold” 11 am-3 pm. 65 Chenery. 695-5669. May 9: Lynn Downey discusses “LEVI May 1-31: The On Lok 30th Street Market). 355-5616; sfpl.org. on the first Thursday of the month, STRAUSS: The Man Who Gave Blue SENIOR CENTER serves lunches for May 6: Attorney J. Scott Weaver from May 3-31: Folio Books hosts 9:30 pm. Valley Tavern, 4054 24th. 285- Jeans to the World” at the SF Museum people over 60, weekdays and the SF Tenants Union leads a free STORYTIME for toddlers Wednesdays 0674; [email protected]. and Historical Society. 7:30 pm. 460 Saturdays. Noon & 1 pm. 225 30th. EVICTION WORKSHOP. 1-2 pm. Noe at 10 am. 3957 24th. 821-3477; Arguello. 537-1105, ext. 100; 550-2211. May 5: The free ROTUNDA DANCE Valley Library, 451 Jersey. Reserve a foliosf.com. sfhistory.org. performance at City Hall features the spot at 355-5707; sfpl.org. May 1-Aug. 1: Elementary and middle May 3-31: Chris Sequeira leads free Ruth Asawa School of the Arts World May 9-June 3: SF WOMEN ARTISTS school girls can submit short films to May 6: The Community Music Center senior QIGONG classes Wednesdays Music and Dance Program. Noon. present “OUT-rageous,” a juried all- the second annual Noe Valley GIRLS Solera Singers perform at the CINCO 1 to 3 pm, at Upper Noe Rec Center, dancersgroup.org. media exhibit. Reception May 11, 5:30- FILM FESTIVAL, scheduled for Sept. 9. DE MAYO Festival. 2:30 pm. Valencia Day & Sanchez. 773-8185; 8 pm; Tues.-Sat., 10 am-6 pm, Sun., For info: nvgff.com. May 5-26: Shout “BINGO!” at St. between 21st and 24th. [email protected] noon-4 pm. 647 Irving. 566-8550. Paul’s on Friday nights at 6:45 pm May 2: The Noe Valley Library offers May 6-27: Each Saturday, the Noe May 3-31:The Castro FARMERS (doors open at 5 pm); snack bar May 10: The GREAT BOOKS an eREADER drop-in from 10:30 to Valley FARMERS MARKET brings you MARKET is open every Wednesdays, 4 available. St. Paul’s Parish Hall, 221 Discussion Group at the Noe Valley 11:30 am. 451 Jersey. 355-5707; fresh produce and live music from 8 to 7 pm, through November. Noe at Valley. 648-7538. Library meets from 6:15 to 8:15. 451 sfpl.org. am to 1 pm. 3861 24th. 248-1332; Market. pcfma.com. Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. May 5-26: The Friday-night JAZZ noevalleyfarmersmarket.com. May 2: Peter Gethers discusses MY May 3-31: Holy Innocents Episcopal series continues at Bird & Beckett with May 10: Local PLAYWRIGHTS from MOTHER’S KITCHEN. 6:30-7:30 pm. May 6-27: Upper Noe Rec Center Church hosts Candlesong, a TAIZE- artists Don Prell, the late Jimmy Ryan’s EXIT Press discuss their work. 7 pm. Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar offers free YOGA CLASSES Saturdays style service followed by a potluck on spin-off bands, the Scott Foster Folio Books, 3957 24th. 821-3477; Chavez. 282-4712; 9:15-10:15 am. Day & Sanchez. 970- Wednesdays at 5:30 pm. 455 Fair Ensemble, and the 230 Jones Street, foliosf.com. omnivorebooks.com. 8061; noevalleyreccenter.com. Oaks. 824-5142. Local 6 Literary Jazz Band, featuring May 11: Reel-to-Reel FILMS for May 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30: The Eureka Dorothy Lefkovits. 5:30-8 pm. 653 May 6-27: Saturday night JAZZ at May 3-31: History group Shaping San preschoolers are shown at the Noe Valley Library tells TODDLER TALES Chenery. 586-3733; birdbeckett.com. Bird & Beckett features local Francisco offers free PUBLIC TALKS Valley Library at 10:15 and 11 am. 451 on Tuesdays, 10:30 am. 1 Jose Sarria performers from 7:30 to 10 pm; on Wednesdays from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. May 5-26: Chris Sequeira leads a free Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. Court (16th & Market). 355-5616; refreshments available. 653 Chenery. 518 Valencia. foundsf.org. Friday KARAOKE for adults gathering sfpl.org. birdbeckett.com. The LGBT SENIOR at Upper Noe Rec Center. 6:30-8:30 May 11: May 3-31: AL-ANON meets discussion group meets at 30th Street May 2-30: Meet under the rainbow pm. 295 Day. 970-8061. May 7: Historian Evelyn Rose leads a Wednesdays 8 to 9:30 pm at St. Philip’s Senior Center. 10-11:30 am. 225 30th. flag at Harvey Milk Plaza (Castro and 1.3 mile walk, “A Trestle Ran Through Church. 725 Diamond. 834-9940; al- May 5 & June 2: Ian Stallings Design 296-8995, ext. 5. Market) for a City Guides walking tour It: Early Days of GLEN PARK Village.” anonsf.org. GALLERY features a new artist of the CASTRO. Sat., Sun. & Tues., 11 9-11 am. Meet at the Glen Park BART opening on the first Friday of the am. 557-4266; sfcityguides.org. Plaza. Reserve at [email protected].

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May 11-June 29: CREATIVITY Heights work group meets on the EXPLORED hosts an group exhibit, fourth Wednesday from 3:30 to 5 pm. “Black White.” Mon.-Fri., 10 am-6 pm; St. Aidan’s Church, 101 Gold Mine. Sat. & Sun., noon-5 pm. 3245 16th. • CALENDAR • 867-5774. 863-2108; creativityexplored.org. May 25: Joel Selvin discusses May 12: The Noe Valley Library https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ patrol- ALTAMONT: The Rolling Stones, the screens the 1962 FILM Whatever volunteer-basic- training-class-058- Hell’s Angels, and the Inside Story of Happened to Baby Jane, starring Bette tickets- 31603104737. Rock’s Darkest Day, in conversation Davis and Joan Crawford. 2-4 pm. 451 May 20: An Open House to dedicate with radio’s John Hell. 7 pm. Folio Jersey. 355-5707; sfpl.org. artist Amanda Lynn’s MURAL Books, 3957 24th. foliosf.com. May 12, 13 & 15: The Resound celebrating the lives of Julee Pygen and May 26: HERCHURCH offers a Ensemble performs a choral Kendra Fallon runs from 1 to 6 pm; Women’s Drumming Circle on the CONCERT, “Ai’yu: Songs of ceremony at 4 pm. 333 27th. fourth Friday. 6-7:30 pm. 678 Portola. Transcendence,” at 8 pm. Noe Valley skymemorialfoundation.org. May 27: Volunteer at JURI Ministry, 1021 Sanchez. May 20: Lily Diamond introduces COMMONS for a 9 am to noon resoundensemble.org. Kale & Caramel: RECIPES for Body, workday, with coffee and pastries. The May 13: The Fair Oaks STREET FAIR Heart, and Table. 3-4 pm. Omnivore park cuts through the block bounded features food, music, and over 100 Books, 3885A Cesar Chavez. 282- by Guerrero, San Jose Avenue, 25th, garage sales between 21st and 26th 4712; omnivorebooks.com. and 26th. [email protected] or streets, 9 am-4 pm. May 20: A NEON WALKING TOUR, meetup.com/Juri-Commoners. May 13: LADYBUG GARDENERS “Market-Mission-Castro” runs from 5 May 30: The Noe Valley Library hosts work on the Upper Noe Rec Center to 7 pm; start location is given with a Color Diffusion BUTTERFLY CRAFT park grounds on the second Saturday Greenhill Tej by Painting reservation at neonbook.xyz. workshop for ages 4 to 7. 3-4 pm. 451 of the month. 9 am-noon. Day & Local artists explore the theme of what is beautiful within a framework of what appears May 20: GRANT JAMES and his Band Jersey. Preregister at 355-5707; Sanchez. dangerous, ugly or menacing. Alternately, these artists portray “pretty” subjects in atypical perform standards of the 1940s and sfpl.org. [email protected]. ways with the show Beautiful Beasts. Reception: Friday, May 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 1950s in “A Night of Romance” at the May 30: MISSION POLICE STATION May 13: Green Mann and Lisa Erdos Artisana, 3927 24th Street. Noe Valley Town Square. 5-9 pm. 24th holds its community meeting the last conduct a free PLANT CLINIC on the between Sanchez and Vicksburg. Tuesday of the month. 6 pm. 630 second Saturday of the month. 10 am- Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar Noe Rec Center, 295 Day. 756-4455; noevalleytownsquare.com. Valencia. 558-5400. noon. 30th Street Senior Center, 225 Chavez. 282-4712; uppernoeneighbors.com. May 20:The RESOUND Ensemble May 30: Folio Books’ third community 30th. [email protected]. omnivorebooks.com. May 18 & 20: The Bay Area VOCAL performs at the Other Minds Festival. OPEN MIC features poet Tongo Eisen- May 13 & 27: Children ages 4 and up May 16: Michael Ruhlman discusses ACADEMY performs Handel’s 7:30 pm. Mission Dolores Basilica, Martin with host Wayne Goodman. 7 can read to a dog named Stanley at GROCERY: The Buying and Selling of “Alcina” and “Say It with Music,” an 3321 16th. resoundensemble.org. pm. 3957 24th. foliosf.com. PUPPY DOG TALES. 4:30-5:30 pm. Food in America. 6:30-7:30 pm. Irving Berlin revue. Thurs., 6:30 pm; May 20: Blues/bluegrass group Dirty May 30: Kristine Poggioli and Carolyn Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- Omnivore Books, 3885A Cesar Sat., 7 pm. Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Cello performs a CD release concert Eidson discuss “Walking SF’s 49-Mile 5707; sfpl.org. Chavez. 282-4712; Sanchez. bayareavocalacademy.org. at 8 pm. SF LIVE ARTS at St. Cyprian’s, Drive” at the SF HISTORY omnivorebooks.com. May 14: A MOTHER’S DAY May 19: The Randall Museum offers a 2097 Turk. 454-5238; Association. 7 pm. St. Philip’s Church, celebration at Charlie’s Corner May 16: Ingleside POLICE STATION walk around Corona Heights Park, noevalleymusicseries.com. 725 Diamond. 750-9986; Bookstore includes activities, stories, holds a community meeting on third “BIRDING the Hill.” 8 am. Meet in the May 21: Noe Valley CHAMBER sanfranciscohistory.org. and snacks, all day. 4102 24th. 641- Tuesdays. 7 pm. SF Police Academy Museum parking lot, 199 Museum Way. MUSIC hosts a concert by the June 3: The 11th annual Noe Valley 1104; charliescorner.com. Community Room, 350 Amber. 404- 554-9605. Farallon Clarinet Quintet. 4 pm. Pre- GARDEN TOUR, “Tour de Fleurs,” 4000; inglesidepolicestation.com. May 14 & 28: Noe Valley political May 19: ARTISANA hosts a concert talk by Scott Foglesong at features nine diverse stops. 10 am-4 action group ACTION SF meets from May 17: A children’s COOKING reception for “Beautiful Beast,” an 3:15 pm. Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 pm. Tickets available after May 20 at 3 to 5 pm at the Noe Valley Library, WORKSHOP for ages 6 and up exhibit by local artists. 5-8 pm. 3927 Sanchez. nvcm.org. local stores, or friendsofnoevalley.com. 451 Jersey. features Chinese scallion pancakes. 24th. 500-2257; May 23: Noe Valley DEMOCRATIC [email protected]. 3:45-5 pm. Noe Valley Library, 451 artisanafunctionalart.com. Club holds its regular monthly Jersey. Reserve a spot at 355-5707; June Soon May 15: ODD MONDAYS hosts May 19: Sheila Grau discusses Polar meeting on the fourth Tuesday of the sfpl.org. authors Erika Atkinson, Michael Distress at the BOOKWORMS Club. month. Social hour 6 pm; program The next Noe Valley Voice will 6:30 pm. 1021 Sanchez. Helquist, Andrew McIntyre, and Laynie May 17: The Noe Valley BOOK 6 pm. Folio Books, 3957 24th. RSVP be the June 2017 issue, Tzena. 7 pm at Folio Books, 3957 24th. [email protected] DISCUSSION Group reads The required: 821-3477, distributed the first week of No-host supper, 5:30 pm, Haystack Leftovers by Tom Perrotta. 7-8:30 pm. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/bookwor May 24: Charlie’s Corner Bookstore Pizza, 3881 24th (rsvp Noe Valley Library, 451 Jersey. 355- ms-club-tickets-25485102628 honors L. Frank Baum’s birthday with June. The deadline for items is [email protected]). Call 821-2090 to 5707; sfpl.org. WIZARD OF OZ story times at 10 May 15. Please email confirm; oddmondays.com. May 20: Castro Community on Patrol May 17: Supervisor JEFF SHEEHY offers a new patroller TRAINING am, noon and 5 pm. 4102 24th. 641- [email protected]. May 15: Dana Cree introduces Hello, speaks at the general meeting of from 1 to 4 pm. Most Holy Redeemer 1104; charliescorner.com. Events in Noe Valley receive My Name Is ICE CREAM: The Art and Upper Noe Neighbors. 7 pm. Upper Church, 100 Diamond. May 24: The RESILIENT Diamond priority. Thank you. Science of the Scoop. 6:30-7:30 pm.

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eReader and Online Resource MORE BOOKS TO READ Children’s Cooking Workshop: “Drop-In”: Bring your mobile device Chinese Scallion Pancakes (Cong or laptop (and your library card, PINs, You Bing). Professional cooking and passwords) to an informal work- Take Long Strides This Summer teachers and co-owners of A Little shop on using the library’s digital novel featuring a female medical student turned sleuth in 19th-century Scotland, the Yumminess Simran Singh and Stacie resources, including its catalog and Astory of a publisher who stood up to censorship in the 1960s, and the tale of a “bad” Dong will lead this workshop for kids databases, ebooks, Zinio for maga- kitty who must prove she’s worthy of being a cat are among the good reads selected this ages 6 and up. Please reserve your zines, and Hoopla! for movies, music, month by Branch Manager Denise Sanderson and Children’s Librarian Catherine Starr, spot by calling 415-355-5707. Class and audiobooks. Tuesday, May 2, our mentors at the Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Library. To check on the books’ availability, will be limited to 12 participants. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. call 415-355-5707 or take a stroll to the branch at 451 Jersey St. Wednesday, May 17, 3:45 to 5 p.m. Meanwhile, you’ll want to sign up for Summer Stride 2017, the San Francisco Pub- Adult Craft Night: Decorate a votive Color Diffusion Butterfly Craft: lic Library program that awards raffle prizes and a tote bag (decorated with artwork by candle holder with vintage stamps; all This hands-on art project on Tuesday, children’s book illustrator Lizi Boyd) for 20 hours of reading from May 13 to Aug. 20. materials provided. Space is limited, May 30, 3 to 4 p.m., is aimed for Anyone—of any age—can take the reading challenge. Pick up a tracking sheet and Sum- so register by calling 415-355-5707 or children ages 4 to 7, accompanied mer Stride instructions at local branches or online at www.sfpl.org. Please note: the Noe asking at the info desk. Wednesday, by a parent or caregiver. Preregister Valley branch—and all other San Francisco libraries—will be closed on Monday, May May 3, 7 to 8:30 p.m. by calling 415-355-5707. Maximum 29, in observance of Memorial Day. Noe Valley Knitting Circle: Learn 12 children. how to knit or crochet or work on Adult Fiction • A girl tries on dresses that disguise her Children ages 4 and up can read to a your project on the first Saturday of • A female medical student in Victorian as someone else, in the new fairy tale If people-loving dog named Stanley at every month. The library has supplies Edinburgh investigates shady dealings in the Magic Fits (100 Dresses), written by Puppy Dog Tales, on Saturdays, May to practice on but you can also bring The Wages of Sin by Kaite Welsh. Susan Maupin Schmid, illustrated by 13 and 27; 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Call 415- your own yarn and needles or hooks. Lissy Marlin. Ages 8 to 12. 355-5707 to reserve your session. • In One of the Boys, Daniel Magariel’s Saturday, May 6, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 first novel, a father and his two sons • In The Luckiest Scar on Earth by Ana Join Children’s Librarian Miss p.m. struggle to find a new life together in Maria Spagna, a 14-year-old girl trains Catherine for stories, songs, and small Free Eviction Workshop with San Albuquerque, N.M. for national snowboarding champi- movement at Toddler Tales. These onships. Ages 11 and up. Francisco Tenants Union: Attorney • During the live telecast of a lunar eclipse, half-hour story times are geared to J. Scott Weaver, co-author of the 20th an astrophysicist is abducted by aliens, in children ages 16 to 36 months, edition of California Tenants’ Rights The Return by Joseph Helmreich. Children’s Nonfiction accompanied by parent or caregiver. and a housing activist for over 40 • After you figure out the creature that Thursdays, May 4, 18, & 25; 10:15 to years, answers eviction-related ques- 10:45 a.m., and 11 to 11:30 a.m. Adult Nonfiction goes with each eye, learn exactly how tions. Saturday, May 6, 1 to 2 p.m. eyes work in Whose Eye Am I? written Reel-to-Reel Preschool Films: • Surfer Garrett McNamara probes his Personal Digital Archiving: Bring and photographed by Shelley Rotner. Children ages 3 to 5 years with parent passion for riding giant waves in the your photos and/or documents to this Ages 4 to 8. or caregiver are invited to the library’s memoir Hound of the Sea: Wild Man, Digital Inclusion Week workshop and short film program. Thursday, May, Wild Waves, Wild Wisdom. • Updated from the original 1976 edition, the library will show you how to scan Find the Constellations, by H.A. Rey, 11; 10:15 to 10:45 a.m., and 11 to • In Barney: Grove Press and Barney and save the digital files to your USB gives clear charts, besides facts and fig- 11:30 a.m. flash drive and upload the files to Rosset, America’s Maverick Publisher ures, about planets and stars. Ages 8 to All events take place at the Noe image-hosting or -sharing websites. and the Battle Against Censorship, 11. Valley/Sally Brunn Library, 451 Call 415-355-5707 to sign up for a 30- Michael Rosenthal explains the contro- • Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects— Jersey St. For information, call 415- minute time slot. Monday, May 8, 1 to versies surrounding publishing in the ’60s. Build, Invent, Create, Discover, by Jack 355-5707 or visit www.sfpl.org. 3 p.m. • There’s not a dry moment in journalist Challoner with a foreword by Jack Bianca Bosker’s Cork Dork: A Wine- Friday Matinee: The library screens Andraka, includes instructions for a race Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive the 1962 thriller Whatever Happened balloon rocket car, a volcano, and a Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and to Baby Jane, starring Bette Davis and lemon battery. Ages 8 to 12. Joan Crawford as a former child star Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live B R A N C H H O U R S • Game On! Video Game History from and her paraplegic sister. Friday, May for Taste. Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, Noe Valley/Sally Brunn Branch Library 12, 2 to 4 p.m. 451 Jersey St., 355-5707 and More by Dustin Hansen, gives the The Noe Valley Book Discussion Adult eBooks Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat history and trivia of video games. Ages 9 1-5 12-6 10-9 1-9 10-6 1-6 10-6 Group reads The Leftovers by Tom • An 8-year-old boy with a mother who’s to 18. Perrotta, a novel about life on earth “a mess” captures hearts in Edgar and after a rapture-like event; look for Lucy, a novel by Victor Lodato. copies of the book at the library’s cir- • Author Margaret George describes the culation desk. Wednesday, May 17, 7 childhood of a Roman emperor in The Celebrate Chinese Cooking to 8:30 p.m. Confessions of Young Nero. Stacie Dong and Simran Singh, founders of locally based A Little Yumminess, will present a Discuss outstanding works of writing • The Stranger in the Woods: The Chinese Cooking Workshop for kids at the Noe Valley Library on May 17 (see above). In at the Great Books Discussion Extraordinary Story of the North Pond the meantime, the two are pleased to share a favorite recipe created by Ron Dong, Stacie’s Group sponsored by the Great Books Hermit is Michael Finkel’s account of a father. Ron bought his Noe Valley home as a bachelor back in the 1960s, and Stacie’s Council of San Francisco. For man who successfully lived outside parents still live there. Stacie spent many hours of her youth in the Noe Valley Library and information contact Elena at society for 27 years. was a schoolmate of Peter Brunn, son of Sally Brunn, whom the branch is named for. [email protected]. Wednesday, May 10, 6:15 to 8:15 p.m. Children’s Fiction Ron Dong’s Hong Kong–Style Method AAC Conversation Club: Those who • A family (and a sock monkey) check Noodles and Broccoli 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat use Alternative and Augmentative a sheet tray with vegetable oil and place it their bags, go through security, and board Look for Hong Kong-Style Pan Fried Noodles Communication devices, such as in the oven to preheat while you prepare a plane in The Airport Book, by local at any well-stocked Asian market. While you everything else. Dynavox, QuickTalker, Tobii Sono can substitute other cooked noodles, no other author/illustrator Lisa Brown. Ages 2 to 6. 2. Check the instructions on your package Flex, Talk Bar, and smart phones or noodle will get quite the same effect. To make of noodles. Most require dropping into • Even Superheroes Have Bad Days, this dinner even more quick and easy, try tablet apps, meet to explore new top- boiling water for 1 minute, then draining. written by Shelly Becker and illustrated using packaged shredded carrots and pre- ics on Mondays, May 1, 8, 15, and 22, Once you have prepared the noodles by Eda Kaban, can help kids overcome trimmed broccoli available at most grocery 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. according to the directions and drained stores, or even take advantage of trimmed or negative feelings. Ages 4 to 7. them well, place them in a big bowl. All events take place at the Noe prepared veggies from the salad bar. • Written and illustrated by Nick Bruel, 3. Add the thinly sliced scallions, shredded Valley/Sally Brunn Library, 451 Bad Kitty Takes the Test reveals whether Ingredients carrots, and bean sprouts. Drizzle the Jersey St. For information, call 415- a young feline who just loves birds can 1 14-ounce package of Hong Kong– whole thing with sesame oil, soy sauce, and 355-5707 or visit www.sfpl.org. renew its cat license. Ages 7 to 10. Style Pan Fried Noodles oyster sauce; then toss well and set aside. 1 pound broccoli, trimmed into 4. In a separate bowl, drizzle the trimmed small, bite-sized pieces broccoli with a small amount of vegetable oil and season with a big pinch of salt and CROSSWORD SOLUTION CROSSWORD SOLUTION 3-4 scallions (white and light green toss well to coat the broccoli. parts), thinly sliced, about 1/2 cup Confused Neighborhood by Michael Blake Eeww! by Michael Blake 5. 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Mmm. Olives! Tasty treats at the Noe Valley Farmers’ Market. Photo by Pamela Gerard

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hooked up the wires to the box. Now the field space for our crops. And we still have lights are on. For the square anyway. 60 very damp acres.” and now for the Happy Boy sought help with a Go- FundMe campaign. Ingraham reports that SQUARE SCOOP: Thanks should go out to they have a goal of $125,000, and have so RUMORS Noe Valley Association executive director far raised over $35,000, “so we can fix the behind the news Debra Niemann, who was asked by newly tractor, pay the labor… for the upcoming appointed Supervisor Sheehy for sugges- season, and buy the fertilizer.” Over 400 tions on the needs of our neighborhood. One donors have participated so far. of the things she requested was money for At the farm, the first thing they did was Noe Active Valley the “activization” of the Town Square. plant fast-growing crops. By the end of By Mazook “The Noe Valley Association was looking April, they were able to fill their stand with for City Hall funds to help with ideas to ac- yummy baby greens, radishes, and some ET THERE BE LIGHT: The Noe Valley tivate our new park, that is, to bring events great sugar snap peas. LTown Square at 24th and Sanchez has and activities and programs to the Town Check out at gofundme.com/happyboy- been officially “activated,” as has spring, Square that will engage people and help our farms. Twenty-fourth Street denizens woke up on which arrived in April spreading lovely merchants, which all reinforces a strong April Fool’s Day to see a hole where two cherry blossoms throughout Downtown sense of community in our neighborhood,” storefronts used to be, at 3904-06. A new Noe Valley. explains Niemann. open space? Not for long. Over the next 14 PLANT-BASED PROVISIONS: The new Most significant was that after months of Supervisor Sheehy confirmed that months, the property owners will erect a new cafe at the corner of Church and 25th, Le delay, PG&E finally turned on the power to $24,000 had been granted to the NVA out of building, which will have three residential units Cupboard, stands a good chance of opening the square. The delay had been creating the “discretionary funds” in his budget, for and a ground-floor commercial space. in May. Lots of foodstuffs were being deliv- problems for Residents for Noe Valley Town purposes of facilitating activities at the Photo by Pamela Gerard ered in April, along with a string of socially Square and other groups planning events for Town Square. (Note: each member of the conscious messages like “If you care about the new park. The space had been open board has a discretionary fund for use in the grant request to the OED, “but gray in social progress, you must dig into the food since October and was functioning on can- their district.) color, and we are also adding umbrellas for system.” Translation for us eaters: they will dle power. Things are getting active. In April, the both parklets but each on separate stands.” serve only plant-based, organic, non-dairy The San Francisco Chronicle aired the square hosted a S’Mores & More Campfire The NVA has also added eight new food (in Noe Valley from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., issue in a front-page story April 13. It seems with prizes for the best-dressed camper. “A benches for you to sit on in our quaint little says business developer Romain Vionnet). the square’s lighting system—and that of Night of Romance,” with music for dancing, village, adding to the other 20 that have Le Cupboard already has a restaurant in the Randall Museum in Corona Heights and will be held at the square on May 20. been installed by the NVA since 2005. Eureka Valley, on Market Street at 15th. a homeless shelter in Dogpatch—was being Town Square programming director Since taking over the Church Street space, held hostage by PG&E. According to the Leslie Crawford says she had heard from they have added a wall of refrigeration units Chron, this had to do with friction between several of the 250 people who attended the FARMING IN THE RAIN: Winter flooding and an online menu that certainly grabs the power company and the San Francisco “Town Square Dance,” the park’s first big had a serious impact on a group of farmers your attention (see lecupboard.com). Public Utilities Commission, which offers gathering, held in November. And what they who operate a stand at the Noe Valley Farm- For breakfast, consider the Cairo: egg- cleaner energy through CleanPowerSF. told her was they wanted more events like ers Market, Happy Boy Farms. Their 250- plant and seksu (couscous) falafels with “I had red-flagged this issue when I first the square dance. For a list of the events be- acre farm in Watsonville was inundated by shredded kale, cherry heirloom tomatoes, took office back in January,” says our Dis- ing planned, and the scoop on how to set up the February rains, as well as flooding from and Romesco jam. Lunch? Perhaps the trict 8 Board of Supervisors representative, your own event, see Richard May’s Town a nearby river. Jerusalem, which is an eggplant caviar and Jeff Sheehy. “Both the Town Square and Square story on page 7 of this Voice. Not-so-happy spokesperson J.B. Ingra- tomato jam tart on a crunchy seksu and Randall Museum are in my district, and I ham said, “We were literally trying to keep whole-wheat crust, or the Marrakesh, an al- was getting no response from PG&E since our heads above water and we had about mond butter Medjoul date bowl with cinna- my inquiries about these delays in early SIT, STAY: The Noe Valley Association 100 acres under water.” mon, walnuts, and coconut yogurt. March. It is very frustrating when a fight be- has also obtained $22,000 from City Hall Ingraham said the fields at one point were The restaurant was somewhat inspired by tween the PUC and PG&E is at the expense via the San Francisco Office of Economic under 10 feet of water and they lost crops the words of Eric Schmidt, executive chair- of our Noe Valley community, when all that Development. That will help pay for new including cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, and man of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, needed to be done [by PG&E] was to con- furniture for the two parklets on 24th Street, carrots. “So sales went down by over who has made a career of predicting how nect the power lines to the Town Square’s one located across from the Town Square $150,000. On top of that, it is real hard to technology can change the world. One of electrical box.” and the other near Noe Street. stay out of the negative in the winter months, his top 10 predictions is that plants will re- Seven days after the Chronicle story ran, “The new furniture will be the same style [and there were] damages to structures and the utility’s trucks appeared at the plaza and as we have now,” says Niemann, who wrote equipment, and then we had to reallocate CONTINUED ON PAGE 33

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ing musical instruments with lessons for O’Neill and Rebecca Kaufman, who after (CAIR). You can catch one of Action SF’s ‘music therapy,’ but he was somewhat vague working on the Clinton 2016 presidential regular meetings on Sundays, May 14 and on his business plan or investment plans. campaign created a political activism site 28, from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Noe Valley Li- RUMORS The other was a fellow who wanted to open called 5Calls.org. The group provides brary. an exotic tea shop, but he had no business scripts to make it easier for people to call Kudos also to Noe Valley attorney Char- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 plan.” their congressional representatives on issues lie Spiegel. At a May 12 gala, he will receive place meat and lessen the greenhouse gases After over 30 years in the ’hood, Radio they’re concerned about. the Groundbreaker Award from Our Family and costs associated with meat production. Shack will be history at the end of May, ac- Hoodline had a great story on them on Coalition, an LGBTQ family organization Le Cupboard therefore is on the cutting cording to the cashier at the Noe Valley April 11, written by Carrie Sisto. According that works on advocacy, education, and edge, so to speak. store, 4049 24th St. As we reported here in to the piece, “This brainchild of two local community-building. Spiegel helped found Down the street at 1361 Church St., the April, the company that owned Radio Shack technologists has facilitated over 1 million OFC as well as Gay Future Dads, which former home of Fattoosh, the rumor that it went bankrupt in February and is attempting calls.” supports prospective and new gay fathers. will become a pizza place seems to be true. to “reorganize.” The Noe Valley store sur- Perhaps the irony of the story was that the And kudos have to go out to Mission The Department of Building Inspection logs vived the first round of nationwide store couple, who have lived in Noe Valley for the High students for winning the boys state show a complaint was lodged on April 14, closures. However, it did not survive the past 10 years, were then facing eviction high school basketball championship, the when the front window was removed and a second cut, and the lease was terminated from an owner move-in. first for a public high school in San Fran- wood-burning pizza oven was apparently through bankruptcy court. Ergo, “For Speaking of activism, Noe Valley’s Ac- cisco. Many readers of the Voice were at one moved into the premises. Public records re- Lease” signs should be posted for this retail tion SF did a great job organizing a group to time Mission High Bears themselves. veal that the business entity at that address space in the near future. walk in the March for Science on April 22. is called SALMSU LLC. Attempts to locate It appears that the space vacated by Also they sold yard and window signs, and the LLC agent, Maurizio Lantorno, have DavidsTea (24th Street across from the from the proceeds will donate over $400 to THAT’S 30. See you next month. Same proved unsuccessful. If he reads this, please Town Square) is still for rent, and although the Council on American-Islamic Relations time. Same place. Ciao. contact the Voice and let us know what’s the building owner says there are some in- happening. Is it going to be thick crust or terested parties, nobody has signed on the thin, and will anchovies be available? dotted line. Stay tuned on that one. As for the deli/wine/groceries shop Bom Dia, which closed over a year ago on the corner of 29th and Sanchez streets, store op- NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T: It erator Shivani Ganguly responded last took one day to demolish the two small month to my Rumors queries: “I’m no stores next to St. Clair’s Liquors, near the longer involved in the store. I’ll forward corner of 24th and Sanchez. After an ex- your message to the people who are!” haustive two-year permit process with the I ain’t heard nothin’ yet. city, the two vacant stores were gone by the poof! end of the day Friday, March 31: It was no joke the following morning, April RENTAL HEALTH: The space recently va- Fool’s Day, when those trekking to the cated by Green 11, on 24th near Noe streets Farmers Market saw the gap. next door to Just for Fun, is being offered According to Mousa Khouri, he and his for lease. The rent being asked for the 300 brothers took over St. Clair’s back in 1992, square feet is $1,800 per month (gross and remodeled those two small stores in lease), according to our real estate man at 1998. Now, he says, approval of the permits RMC Management, J.J. Panzer. has cleared the way for their project: a new “This is a retail space with a 14-foot building with three residential units (two frontage on 24th Street, a use which the one-bedroom apartments and one two-bed- building owner wants to continue, and the room) upstairs and a 1,500-square-foot re- rent is negotiable depending on the busi- tail space at street level. Khouri says the ness,” says Panzer. “We have received many construction should take about 14 months. inquiries from people in the service busi- Good luck. ness, like hairstylists, nail salons, or profes- The Noe Valley group Action SF was well represented at the March for Science held April 22 on sional services, with only two inquiries so Market Street. Organizers made signs, which they sold to benefit the Council on American-Islamic far for retail. One wants to open a space sell- KUDOS GO OUT to Noe Valleons Nick Relations, their good cause of the month. Photo courtesy Melisa Kaye

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