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Joel Rosenblatt

Joel covers the forces in San Francisco — money, business, personalities, local law, and politics — that bind the city and pull it apart. He most recently worked for Bloomberg News reporting on state and federal courts.

Previously, he covered the crime beat for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and was a freelancer in New York City. Before that, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal. He was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, studied public policy at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and has a Masters degree from Columbia Journalism School.

Pedestrian is struck and killed in SoMa on the same day the Board of Supervisors endorse speed cameras

Data shows the 33 cameras placed around the city are working, but advocates demand more to deter reckless drivers

July 15, 2026

Pedestrian advocates say more speeding cameras will save more lives

Dorsey expects his resolution supporting speed cams in SF will be handily adopted by the Board of Supes

July 10, 2026

Among the Red Devils

Celebrating Belgium’s rout of USMNT in North Beach

July 7, 2026

Watching US v. Bosnia-Herzegovina at Uzbegim

At his Richmond restaurant, Anvar Akhmedov served up world cuisine to accompany the World Cup

July 2, 2026

Lurie rebukes anti-Pride Giants players even as DOJ investigates team over alleged discrimination

‘You represent San Francisco,’ the mayor said during a fundraiser on Pride Sunday

June 29, 2026

Balompié Cafe is the Mission’s finest World Cup hotspot

For four decades, Balompié has served up pupusas, beer, and the world’s most popular game

June 25, 2026

Jackie Fielder will return to City Hall ‘clear-eyed’ and ‘eager to serve’

During her leave of absence, the D9 supervisor largely missed the budget fight, but will find herself navigating equally complex situations

June 23, 2026

Dressed as ‘Wizard of Oz’ characters, protesters sought an audience with Mayor Lurie

Dorothy and friends tried to talk to the man behind the curtain and ask him to have a heart, a brain, and some courage

June 18, 2026

The phone-freein’ Bob Dylan

One of the last deviceless places in the Bay Area was a concert at the Greek Theatre

June 16, 2026

Do look back: Inside the famously tetchy 1965 Bob Dylan press conference in San Francisco

Robert Zagone remembers arranging the singer’s confrontational group interview with members of the local press corps, a handful of poets, and some high school journalist

June 10, 2026