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.
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Back-to-school jitters
With trans and immigrant students the target of the Trump administration’s hostilities, SFUSD teachers and administrators are bracing for impact
Dad & Co.
What does a 10-year-old make of the Dead? ‘A lot of old people, and they all look like hippies’
‘It’s designed to put fear in people’
An immigrant’s first-person account of living, working, and raising a family in San Francisco under the threat of ICE raids
The two towers
The new owner of Market Center has big plans (hoops! pickle ball! climbing wall! rooftop restaurant!), but don’t even think about touching the garden
A pizza place where the Dead lives
The Grateful Dead is baked deep into Dogpatch’s Long Bridge Pizza
SF State’s one-of-a-kind Iranian studies center is closing when it’s most needed
‘I feel deeply betrayed,’ director says, after philanthropist rethinks an endowment
Newsom summons the posse after Trump’s beatdown
The California governor might still have some fight left
Newsom v. Trump could set a dangerous precedent
Ninth Circuit looks likely to bless Trump’s National Guard deployment anywhere, anytime