Joe Rosato Jr.

Visitors recreate at San Francisco’s Sunset Dunes Park .

San Francisco Oct 12

Prop G brings fight over Great Highway and Sunset Dunes back to San Francisco voters

Whatever happens on Election Day, the park will remain — at least in some form.

Decision 2026 Oct 8

California Prop 40: Billionaire tax measure in the hands of voters

Although most Californians don’t have a billion dollars, this November they’ll be asked to make a decision impacting the state’s billionaires. NBC Bay Area’s Joe Rosato Jr. breaks down the ins and outs of Proposition 40 and the two other props aiming to sink it. Watch his full report in the video player above.

The French-Swiss artist Saype painted an image of locking arms on the lawn of Yerba Buena Gardens as part of a global project he calls Beyond Walls.

San Francisco Oct 7

Artist transforms San Francisco lawn as part of global artwork

In the middle of the great lawn at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Gardens, the artist Saype danced and bobbed as he employed an industrial sprayer to paint large swaths of color on the freshly mowed grass. The French-Swiss artist has done this very dance on some of the world’s most prestigious lawns, creating images of linking arms to form...

Peter Linenthal and Bill Perez founded the Pier 70 Time Machine museum.

San Francisco Oct 2

New museum tells the story of Dogpatch's industrial past

As San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood undergoes a metamorphosis from gritty industrial hub to hip cutting-edge neighborhood, a new museum has popped up to remind the neighborhood of its past. The Pier 70 Time Machine sits tucked away on the second floor of newly restored Building 12 at Pier 70, where legions of workers once built Navy destroyers during World War…

Stanford Public Art Ranger Mark Shunney explained an artwork by Alia Farid called Amulets on the Stanford University campus.

Stanford University Oct 1

Stanford's new ‘Art Ranger' putting the A in art

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. …