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SRJC's J55 class wonders, how might modern day racism be affecting police officer recruitment? After...

SRJC President, Dr Chong, talks about his legacy as he announces his retirement. Samuel J Gleason and...

The Fall 2022 issue of The Oak Leaf Magazine offers profiles of Dawn Wall climber Kevin Jorgeson, jazz...

The initial movie adaptations of video games have felt like they were written by out-of-touch producers,...
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Four professional journalism associations recognized The Oak Leaf with one national, three Western-region and 24 state-level awards for articles...

NPR recognized the work of four Santa Rosa Junior College journalists by publishing their podcast “Chronic Catastrophe” to NPR.org Monday,...

Chronic Catastrophe is a four-episode podcast about the impacts of cumulative climate change-induced disasters on our minds, bodies and spirits....

Part 4: Is it worth it? In our final episode, host Rebecca Bell asks some important questions: Given the fact that climate change is affecting...

Part 3: The Spirit Episode 3 examines how losing everything — or packing and preparing to lose it all — affects the spirit and identities...

Part 2: The Body Hosted by Lauren Spates, episode 2 looks at the impact of more-fierce fire and flood on our immune system, our lungs and...

A general overview of the new Housing Project that is being built at the SRJC. We asked students and staff about how the Housing Project was created and discussed how it can benefit all students at the SRJC. Logan Witthaus and MacKay Olson reporting....

SRJC's J55 class wonders, how might modern day racism be affecting police officer recruitment? After polling students on the SRJC campus, they speak with two young police officers, Chris and Andrew Wyncoop, and then meet with Lanny Brown, the Associate...

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Santa Rosa Junior College’s Student Government Assembly appointed representatives to hiring committees and reviewed expectations for members...

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Erik Castro, photojournalist and presenter, answers questions about his 14-month project, “Broken,” noon Feb. 12 in the Newman Auditorium, with his photo of Steve and Michelle going for a late night ride in the background.
In a rare rejoicing moment, Steve and Michelle embrace in their new home off the streets, The Palms Inn on Santa Rosa Avenue, with their dog, Missy, on April 2 2018.
Steve and Michelle at Santa Rosa Memorial hospital on May 19 2017, supporting a friend who is deathly ill with cancer. “It just seemed so clear to me. She really was willing to deal with this emotional pain to give this guy some comfort,” Castro said, reflecting on the giving nature of Michelle.
Michelle holds Missy, her new pit-bull puppy who provides stress relief to her difficult life on the streets, according to Steve, on June 20, 2017 on the streets of Santa Rosa.
Steve gets a reprieve from life on the streets during a holiday visit in late December 2017 with his son Chad, daughter-in-law Alli and his grandson Brett.