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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.

Montgomery BART hit with a bout of pepper spray

Another BART incident took place in downtown SF Tuesday evening

November 25, 2025

Civic Center BART reopened after blown insulator

The fire department and BART police were all over Market Street Tuesday following the incident

November 25, 2025

SF police looks likely to get $6.25 million from Justice Department

With sharp words for the DOJ, the judge on the case extends the deadline for SFPD to get a crucial grant

November 24, 2025

SF sues Department of Justice over police funding

The Department of Justice demands fealty in exchange for $6.25 million earmarked for more cops and addressing the mental health of officers

November 24, 2025

Strange bedfellows

ConnectedSF, ‘not just one more SF group,’ hosted Mayor Lurie to speak for six and half minutes at its Celebrating the Power of People gathering Monday

November 19, 2025

Somewhere between jail and a hospital

The Mayor is trying to learn some new moves as he tries 'going hard' on the drug crisis

November 14, 2025

The original movable type

A visit to the San Francisco Center for the Book where the presses never stop

November 11, 2025

A table divided

Charting the distance between Sam Altman and Steve Kerr at the Sydney Goldstein Theater

November 4, 2025

‘I’m the luckiest drag queen in the world’

Per Sia, the city’s newest Drag Laureate, shares a stage with the mayor

October 31, 2025

Inside SFUSD’s response to the troop surge that wasn’t

Principals say they were left to improvise their own responses to threats posed to students, parents, and staff from ICE and other agencies

October 28, 2025