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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Working overtime
Representatives for the teachers union are preparing for a long weekend of negotiations with SFUSD
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
Parents of SFUSD students hold their breath
The state monitor overseeing SFUSD’s finances weighs in, cautiously, on the negotiations
‘We need to be more protected’
As San Francisco’s educators move toward a strike, special education teachers want their specific needs addressed
The good fight
California AG Rob Bonta says the courts have the Trump Administration on the ropes
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
Guitar wizard
From Red Rocks to Golden Gate Park, a longtime Grateful Dead fan reflects on Bob Weir’s legacy
CBS News drops its anchor in the Bay
Tony Dokoupil is in San Francisco to ponder the future
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









