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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.

Working overtime

Representatives for the teachers union are preparing for a long weekend of negotiations with SFUSD

February 5, 2026

Where everybody gnomes your name

If the New England Patriots win the Super Bowl, you can thank a garden gnome at Connecticut Yankee in Potrero Hill

February 4, 2026

Parents of SFUSD students hold their breath

The state monitor overseeing SFUSD’s finances weighs in, cautiously, on the negotiations

February 2, 2026

‘We need to be more protected’

As San Francisco’s educators move toward a strike, special education teachers want their specific needs addressed

January 29, 2026

Friend of the pod

At a live KQED podcast taping, Mayor Daniel Lurie felt the love

January 23, 2026

The good fight

California AG Rob Bonta says the courts have the Trump Administration on the ropes

January 22, 2026

As Vanderbilt takes over CCA, students ask WTF?

City Hall is excited about the Tennessee university replacing California College of the Arts. Students less so

January 14, 2026

Guitar wizard

From Red Rocks to Golden Gate Park, a longtime Grateful Dead fan reflects on Bob Weir’s legacy

January 12, 2026

CBS News drops its anchor in the Bay

Tony Dokoupil is in San Francisco to ponder the future

January 9, 2026

The city’s sobering center won’t open until March or April

Called RESET (Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation and Triage), the facility is part of a larger plan by the mayor’s office to help chronic drug users get treatment

January 6, 2026