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Joe Rosato Jr

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
12
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Joe Rosato Jr.

    Stanford's new 'Art Ranger' putting the A in art (opens the original)

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    In his white jumpsuit, emblazoned with the name Mark on the chest, and a ball cap with the words "Art Ranger" on it, Mark Shunney cut a curious figure against the scrum of Stanford University freshmen gathering on campus for orientation, wearing newly-issued Cardinal red sports jerseys with the number 30 on them — the year of their projected graduation. Shunney parted the crowd of students like a kind of Moses, headed for a giant green sculpture that resembled a sea creature. Watch NBC Bay Area

  2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Joe Rosato Jr.

    Concord barber becomes bluesman by night (opens the original)

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    When barber Ruben De Avila Jr. isn’t cutting hair in his Concord barbershop, there’s a good chance he’s cutting a blues riff on a stage somewhere. The second-generation barber — owner of V.I.P. Barbershop — has a second life as a blues guitarist, transforming into Jr. De Ville when he slips on his Fender Stratocaster and fronts his longtime band. To him, there’s a logical connection between the stage and the barber chair. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are “People choose to go to a sh

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Joe Rosato Jr.

    'This is absolutely crazy': Tea importer forced to leave Marin County compound (opens the original)

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    As supporters and Marin County Sheriff’s Office deputies gathered at the entrance to David Lee Hoffman’s Lagunitas property he calls The Lost Resort — Hoffman drove out of the gate of his home for 53 years — perhaps for the last time. A court-appointed receiver claimed the land on Tuesday morning, and Hoffman was forced to honor the court order and vacate his land. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are His exit, brought an end to a long legal battle in which the county fined him hundreds

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Joe Rosato Jr.

    Tea importer forced to vacate Marin County compound after decades-long code battle (opens the original)

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    David Lee Hoffman stood on his property in the West Marin County town of Lagunitas where he’s lived for 53 years, surrounded by the exotic temples and caves he’s constructed over the decades — getting ready to say goodbye to it all. After a long court battle over his unpermitted building, a Marin County Superior Court ordered Hoffman to vacate the property by this Tuesday with a court-appointed receiver set to take it over and sell it. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are On Monday — hi

  5. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Joe Rosato Jr.

    Jack Grandcolas honors late wife and passengers of Flight 93 to a generation not born on 9/11 (opens the original)

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    Jack Grandcolas flipped on the garden hose and began dousing a backyard full of flowers at his Monterey County home. It felt kind of like a metaphor — a guy who’s spent the last 25 years publicly and privately grieving the loss of his wife Lauren in the September 11th attacks — somehow finally learning to bloom again. “I’ve had a lot of collateral damage in the last 25 years I’ve had to clean up,” Grandcolas said leaning back in a lawn chair. “But I’m feeling better than I ever have and happier

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