Joe Rosato Jr.

San Francisco

Field Producer and Video Journalist at KNTV-TV (San Jose, CA)

Emmy Award-winning video-journalist with NBC Bay Area News. Musician, songwriter -- Vespa rider.

Articles

New study paints gloomy picture of climate change's impact on commercial fishing

2 days ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

A new study of some of California’s most commercially significant aquatic species paints a grim picture for the future of the state’s fishing industry under the growing threat of climate change. The study, compiled by a host of researchers including federal and state scientists as well as researchers from UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis, looked at 34 aquatic species in an attempt to gauge how each would fare under predicted climate change scenarios.
Secret museum tells the history of San Francisco trash

1 week ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

Inside Recology’s garbage collection hub for San Francisco, located in nearby Brisbane, is a somewhat secret museum devoted to the history of the city’s trash. As modern garbage trucks lumbered by dumping their loads, Kenny Stewart raised a warehouse door to reveal the motherlode of garbage truck memorabilia. The collection featured nine vintage vehicles illustrating the evolution of the city’s trash collection, from horse carts to the first compactor trucks.
San Francisco North Beach historic application draws controversy

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

The late Chronicle columnist Herb Caen called North Beach the heart of San Francisco. A neighborhood group is now hoping to elevate the neighborhood’s status to one of the nation’s vital organs through an application seeking to add it to the National Register of Historic Places. The Northeast San Francisco Conservancy filed the application with California’s Historical Resources Commission, which could forward the request to the National Park Service for final review.
Santa Rosa's Canine Companions marks 50 years training service dogs

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

When she was four years old, Michelle Koopman landed in the hospital with a rare disorder that prevented her bone marrow from generating new blood. Surrounded by strange contraptions that beeped and whirred, she was scared and often felt intimidated and alone. But when a yellow Labrador retriever named Millie began paying her daily visits, the emptiness was at least temporarily filled.
Cannery Building Oakland artists fight eviction

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

Alistair Monroe paced through the busy decor of the cavernous warehouse space which in a previous incarnation, housed workers stuffing vegetables into metal cans. His late father’s giant abstract paintings faced out from every wall of the industrial building-turned-art studio, and even six years after his dad’s death, his cluttered desk was still perfectly cluttered.
Markelle Taylor develops passion for long-distance running after spending 18 years in prison

1 month ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

To say Markelle Taylor is running from his past, isn’t exactly correct. Maybe you’d say he’s running with it. Except now, instead of donning the prison garb Taylor wore daily for 18 years in California’s penitentiaries, he now slips on a track suit with Markelle “The Gazelle” stitched onto the chest, and sets out on the roadways and trails of Marin County, training for one of the dozens of races he’s run annually since his release from San Quentin Prison in 2019.
New SF library exhibit wheels out the long history of the city's skateboard scene

2 months ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

Ted Barrow let his hands drift across the long brass railing that might otherwise seem completely out of place in the middle of a carpeted room had it not been in the San Francisco Public Library’s art gallery – or minus the iconic back story. In 2000, a skateboarder named John Cardiel miraculously skated down the rail when it was installed on a long stairway behind the then-Levi's store in San Francisco’s Union Square.
Bay Area pianist finds musical joy beyond the notes

2 months ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

If you’ve seen a jazz concert in the Bay Area over the last few decades, there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed Tammy Lynne Hall lording over the piano, coaxing melodies rooted in gospel, jazz, classical and the ether, as one of the area’s foremost composers and side musicians. It’s been that way since she was a kid growing up in Dallas — Hall and 88 keys. “I was 4 years old,” Hall said, appropriately leaning on a vintage Steinway in a friend’s San Francisco apartment.
Oakland clothing designer threads hope for San Francisco’s Union Square

2 months ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

Against the backdrop of San Francisco’s struggling Union Square, the new women’s clothing store appearing on O’Farrell Street around the holidays offered a small jolt of optimism. Inside its doors, owner Taylor Jay, whose shop bears her name, seemed to embody the very energy and tenacity the shopping district will need if it’s to rise from the retail ashes. “I’m a dreamer,” laughed Jay, whose flagship store on Oakland’s Broadway has operated since before the pandemic.
Livermore winemakers name valley’s first signature grapes

2 months ago | nbcbayarea.com | Joe Rosato Jr.

In an effort to prepare for a future of changing climate — and to set itself apart from other famous wine regions — Livermore winemakers announced Tuesday they are designating Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc as the valley’s signature grapes. The announcement is meant to help forge an identity for the region, which is one of the state’s oldest winemaking regions, but isn’t as well known as nearby Napa and Sonoma.